Psalms 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
In Context
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
Psalms 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms 89:51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Isaiah 52:3For thus saith the LORD, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
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 →