Psalms 44:13
You make us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Updated King James Version
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
12You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
14You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.
Psalms 80:6You make us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms 89:51Wherewith yours enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of yours anointed.
Isaiah 52:3For thus says the LORD, All of you have sold yourselves for nothing; and all of you shall be redeemed without money.
Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto you? was he found among thieves? for since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
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 →