Psalms 44:13

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

Psalms 44:13 in Other Translations

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

13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.

13 You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

13 You made people on the street, urchins, poke fun and call us names.

13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around 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 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.

12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

15 I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 29:8; Isaiah 30:3; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:8
• 2. Psalms 79:4; Psalms 80:6; Psalms 89:41
• 3. S Deuteronomy 28:37; S Micah 2:6
• 4. Ezekiel 23:32