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Psalm 44:9–14

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44:9But26 you rejected and embarrassed us!

You did not go into battle with our armies.27

44:10You made us retreat28 from the enemy.

Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.29

44:11You handed us30 over like sheep to be eaten;

you scattered us among the nations.

44:12You sold31 your people for a pittance;32

you did not ask a high price for them.33

44:13You made us34 an object of disdain to our neighbors;

those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.35

44:14You made us36 an object of ridicule37 among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt.38

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Footnotes

  1. 26 The particle אַף (’af, “but”) is used here as a strong adversative contrasting the following statement with what precedes.
  2. 27 Heb “you did not go out with our armies.” The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  3. 28 Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”
  4. 29 Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).
  5. 30 The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  6. 31 The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  7. 32 Heb “for what is not wealth.”
  8. 33 Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”
  9. 34 The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  10. 35 Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”
  11. 36 The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  12. 37 Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
  13. 38 Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you have rejected us and disgraced us

and have not gone out with our armies.

You have made us turn back from the foe,

and those who hate us have gotten spoil.

You have made us like sheep for slaughter

and have scattered us among the nations.

You have sold your people for a trifle,

demanding no high price for them.

You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,

the derision and scorn of those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But now you have rejected and humbled us;

you no longer go out with our armies.

You made us retreat before the enemy,

and our adversaries have plundered us.

You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

and have scattered us among the nations.

You sold your people for a pittance,

gaining nothing from their sale.

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,

the scorn and derision of those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations;

the peoples shake their heads at us.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you have rejected and humiliated us;

you do not march out with our armies.

You make us retreat from the foe,

and those who hate us

have taken plunder for themselves.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep

and scatter us among the nations.

You sell your people for nothing;

you make no profit from selling them.

You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,

a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

You make us a joke among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.

NLTNew Living Translation

But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.

You no longer lead our armies to battle.

You make us retreat from our enemies

and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

You have butchered us like sheep

and scattered us among the nations.

You sold your precious people for a pittance,

making nothing on the sale.

You let our neighbors mock us.

We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

You have made us the butt of their jokes;

they shake their heads at us in scorn.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely you have rejected and disgraced us,

and have not gone out with our armies.

You have caused us to pull back from the enemy,

and so those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

You have given us as sheep for food,

and among the nations you have scattered us.

You have sold your people cheaply,

and did not profit by their price.

You have made us a taunt to our neighbors,

a derision and a scorn to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a shaking of the head among the peoples.

KJV 1900King James Version

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;

And goest not forth with our armies.

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:

And they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;

And hast scattered us among the heathen.

Thou sellest thy people for nought,

And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,

A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,

A shaking of the head among the people.