Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
In Context
11Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.
Deuteronomy 32:30How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not — that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?
Judges 3:8And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;
Isaiah 50:1Thus said Jehovah: 'Where [is] this — the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
Jeremiah 15:13Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give — not for price, Even for all thy sins, and 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 →