Psalms 44:15
My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
16For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7Then will I cutte off Israel from the lande, which I haue giuen them, and the house which I haue halowed for my Name, will I cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a prouerbe, and a common talke among all people.
Ezra 9:6And said, O my God, I am confounded and ashamed, to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased ouer our head, and our trespasse is growen vp vnto the heauen.
Psalms 69:7For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.
Psalms 89:45The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 51:51Wee are confounded because wee haue heard reproch: shame hath couered our faces, for straungers are come into the Sanctuaries of the Lordes 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 →