Psalms 44:14
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations,—A shaking of the head among the peoples.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
15All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery, among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee.
2 Kings 19:21This, is the word that Yahweh hath spoken concerning him,—The virgin daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to scorn, mocketh thee, The daughter of Jerusalem, after thee, doth wag her head.
Nehemiah 2:17So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach.
Job 17:6But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
Psalms 79:4We have become, A reproach to our neighbours,—A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.
Psalms 123:3Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with 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 →