Psalms 44:15
All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;
Ezra 9:6and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
Psalms 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
Psalms 89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 51:51We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our face: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:10-17
Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword… Read the whole commentary →