Psalms 44:15
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Psalms 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
Psalms 89:45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
Jeremiah 51:51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’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 →