Psalms 44:13

13 (43-14) Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them 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 (43-12) Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.

12 (43-13) Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

13 (43-14) Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.

14 (43-15) Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

15 (43-16) All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,