Psalms 44:15
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
16For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
Ezra 9:6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Psalms 69:7Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
Psalms 89:45The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 51:51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's 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 →