Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
In Context
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had delivered them up?
Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Jeremiah 15:13Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
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 →