Psalms 44:13

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

Psalms 44:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 44:13

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours
Which is the common lot of Christians: Christ and his apostles have given reason for the saints in all ages to expect it, and have fortified their minds to bear it patiently, yea, to esteem it an honour, and greater riches than the treasures of the antichristian Egypt; a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us;
being always represented as mean and despicable, and reckoned ignorant and accursed, and as the faith of the world, and the offscouring of all things.

Psalms 44:13 In-Context

11 Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for food and hast scattered us among the Gentiles.

12 Thou hast sold thy people for nothing and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

14 Thou makest us a byword among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the people.

15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,