Psalms 44:14
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
Job 17:6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much 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 →