Psalms 44:15
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
In Context
14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples;
Ezra 9:6and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.
Psalms 69:7For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
Psalms 89:45Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 51:51We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
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 →