Psalms 44:14
“Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thou makest us a byword among the Heathen,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deu 28:37;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Thou makest us a byword among heathen - The word rendered “by-word” - משׁל mâshâl - means properly a similitude or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 44:9-16
The people of God here complain to him of the low and afflicted condition that they were now in, under the prevailing…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the heathen … the people Render with R.V., the nations … the peoples. They point to our fate as a proverbial instance of…
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