Psalms 44:15
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
16at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
Psalms 69:7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Psalms 89:45You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 51:51“We are confounded because we have heard reproach. Confusion has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.”
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 →