Psalms 44:15

Psalms 44:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
• New International Version (NIV)I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
• English Standard Version (ESV)All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
• New King James Version (NKJV)My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,

Context of Psalms 44:15

13The people who live in countries near us do not respect us. They laugh at us and they insult us. 14The other nations tell jokes about us. They think that we are nothing. I feel ashamed all the time. I do not know where to look. 16This is because my cruel enemies are always insulting me. All they want is to hurt me. 17We have not turned away from you, but all this has happened to us. We have not turned against the covenant that you made with us.

Psalms 44:15 word by word

כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My confusionכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
• continuallyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• before me, and the shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
• of my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• hath coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Psalms 44:15

• Joshua 7:7Joshua said, ‘Almighty Lord, why did you ever bring us over the Jordan River? Did you bring us here so that the Amorites could destroy us? It would have been better for us to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
• Ezra 9:6I said, ‘My God, I am too ashamed to look up at you. Our sins are very great. They are so many that they reach far above us. We are completely guilty.
• Jeremiah 3:25We are ashamed to agree that this is true. We must accept the shame that we deserve. We and our ancestors have done bad things against the Lord our God. Since long ago, we have not obeyed him, and even today, we still do not listen to him.” ’
• Psalms 69:7Because I belong to you, people insult me. They make me feel ashamed.
• Psalms 71:13Make my enemies become completely ashamed. They speak against me and they want to hurt me. So let them fall with great shame!
• Psalms 89:45He no longer has the strength of a young man. You have dressed him in clothes of shame. Selah.
• Jeremiah 51:51You say, “We are ashamed. People have insulted us. We hide our faces in shame because foreigners have gone into the holy places of the Lord's temple.” ’

Commentaries on Psalms 44:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15My confusion is continually before me - My shame; the conviction and the evidence of my disgrace is constantly present with me. Literally, “all the day my shame is before me.” That is, the evidences of disgrace, defeat, and disaster; render everywhere around him, and he could not conceal them from himself. The psalmist here is represented as the head of the people, and expresses the sense of disgrace which the sovereign era people would feel in a time of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast them off, and that his name and truth will be dishonoured. But they should look above the instruments of their trouble, to God, well knowing that their worst enemies have no power against them, but what is permitted from above.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16The people have experienced defeat (Psalm 44:9–12), so they understand suffering and shame (44:13–16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. shame of ... face--blushes in disgrace.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 44:15

• Murmuring
• Persecution
• War

In the dictionaries

• Naught
• Psalms
• Scorn
• Bible, the
• Confusion
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Pentateuch
• People
• Providence
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings