Psalms 44:14
(44:15) Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Leeser Tanakh
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 disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all the nations whither the Lord will lead thee.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken over him: She despiseth thee, she laugheth thee to scorn, the virgin daughter of Zion; behind thee shaketh her head the daughter of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2:17Then said I unto them, Ye see the misery in which we are, how Jerusalem lieth in ruins, and its gates are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no more be for a reproach.
Job 17:6And he hath placed me here as a by-word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those that are round about us.
Psalms 123:3Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened 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 →