New Living Translation
Psalms 44:13
13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Psalms 44:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- New International Version (NIV)You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
Context of Psalms 44:13
11You have butchered us like sheep and scattered us among the nations. 12You sold your precious people for a pittance, making nothing on the sale. You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us. 14You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn. 15We can’t escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:13 word by word
תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 44:13
- Psalms 79:4We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 80:6You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
- Psalms 89:51Your enemies have mocked me, O Lord; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
- Ezekiel 36:19I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.
- Jeremiah 48:27Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do?
Commentaries on Psalms 44:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors - Compare the notes at Psalm 39:8. The word neighbors here refers to surrounding people or nations. They were reproached, scorned, and derided as forsaken by God, and given up to their foes. They no longer commanded the admiration of mankind as a prosperous, favored, happy people. Surrounding nations treated them with contempt as inspiring no fear, and as having nothing to entitle them to respect.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. 13-1413-14. (Compare De 28:37; Psa 79:4).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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