Psalms 44:15
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
16On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
Cross References
Psalms 69:7For on account of thee do I suffer reproach, And shame covereth my face!
Psalms 89:45Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.
Jeremiah 51:51We have been confounded, because we have heard reproach; Shame hath covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
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 →