Psalms 44:15
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
16All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the temple which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb, and a byword among all people.
Ezra 9:6And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,
Psalms 69:7Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
Psalms 89:45Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Jeremiah 51:51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.
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 →