Psalms 44:16
All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
In Context
15Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.
17At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
Cross References
Job 10:15And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.
Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
Isaiah 37:3And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
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 →