Psalms 44:14
(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
15(44-16) All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Nehemiah 2:17Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire; come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.'
Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
Psalms 79:4We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 123:3Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.
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 →