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Psalms 44:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 44:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 44:146 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּשִׂימֵ֣/נוּtəśiymēnw
you have made usverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
חֶ֭רְפָּהḥerəpāh
a reproachnounH2781
reproach · shame
לִ/שְׁכֵנֵ֑י/נוּlišəkēnēynw
to neighbors ourpronH7934
neighbour · nigh
לַ֥עַגlaʿag
mockerynounH3933
scorn
וָ֝/קֶ֗לֶסwāqeles
and derisionconjH7047
לִ/סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי/נוּlisəbiybwōtēynw
to those around uspronH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 44:14

1. This Psalm is addressed “to the sons of Korah,” as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.” It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the “sons of His 'Passion.'” Now we have on this point a most certain and most evident testimony from the Apostle Paul; because that at the time when the Church was suffering under the persecutions of the Gentiles, he quoted…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 44 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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