Psalms 44:13
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, || A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
In Context
12You sell Your people—without wealth, || And have not become great by their price.
14You make us an allegory among nations, || A shaking of the head among peoples.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37and you have been for an astonishment, for an allegory, and for a byword among all the peoples to where YHWH leads you.
Psalms 80:6You make us a strife to our neighbors, || And our enemies mock at it.
Psalms 89:51With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, || With which they have reproached || The steps of Your anointed.
Isaiah 52:3For thus said YHWH: “You have been sold for nothing, || And you are redeemed without money.”
Jeremiah 48:27And was Israel not the derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For since your words concerning him, || You bemoan yourself.
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 →