Psalms 44:14
Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
15My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe and a common talke among all people, whither the Lord shall carie thee.
2 Kings 19:21This is the worde that the Lord hath spoken against him, O Virgine, daughter of Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne: O daughter of Ierusalem, he hath shaken his head at thee.
Nehemiah 2:17Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.
Job 17:6Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.
Psalms 79:4Wee are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.
Psalms 123:3Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too 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 →