God’s Word Translation
Psalms 44:15
15All day long my disgrace is in front of me. Shame covers my face
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
13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us. 14You made our ⌞defeat⌟ a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us. All day long my disgrace is in front of me. Shame covers my face 16because of the words of those who insult and slander us, because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. 17Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:15 word by word
כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 44:15
- Joshua 7:7Joshua said, “Almighty Lord, why did you bring these people across the Jordan River? Was it to hand us over to the Amorites so that they could destroy us? I wish we had been content to live on the other side of the Jordan!
- Ezra 9:6and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.
- Jeremiah 3:25We must lie down in our shame and be covered by our disgrace. Ever since we were young, we and our ancestors have sinned against the Lord our God. We haven’t obeyed the Lord our God.
- Psalms 69:7Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.
- Psalms 71:13Let those who accuse me come to a shameful end. Let those who want my downfall be covered with disgrace and humiliation.
- Psalms 89:45You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. Selah
- Jeremiah 51:51We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, 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
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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
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