Psalms 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Young's Literal Translation
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 — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
Psalms 80:6Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.
Psalms 89:51Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
Isaiah 52:3For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
Jeremiah 48:27And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
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 →