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JPS Old Testament

Psalms 44:15

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Murmuring;   Persecution;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Honour-Dishonour;   Shame;   Shame, Sin's;   Sin;   Sin's;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blasphemy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Shame;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Confusion;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My disgrace is before me all day long,and shame has covered my face,
Hebrew Names Version
All day long is my dishonor before me, And shame covers my face,
King James Version
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
English Standard Version
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
New Century Version
I am always in disgrace, and I am covered with shame.
New English Translation
All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,
Amplified Bible
My dishonor is before me all day long, And humiliation has covered my face,
New American Standard Bible
All day long my dishonor is before me And I am covered with my humiliation,
World English Bible
All day long is my dishonor before me, And shame covers my face,
Geneva Bible (1587)
My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
Legacy Standard Bible
All day long my dishonor is before meAnd the shame of my face has covered me,
Berean Standard Bible
All day long my disgrace is before me and shame has covered my face,
Contemporary English Version
I am embarrassed every day, and I blush with shame.
Complete Jewish Bible
You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.
Darby Translation
All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Easy-to-Read Version
All I can think about is my shame. Just look at my face, and you will see it.
George Lamsa Translation
All the day long my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
Good News Translation
I am always in disgrace; I am covered with shame
Lexham English Bible
All day long my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face covers me,
Literal Translation
My humiliation is before me all the day; yea, the shame of my face covers me,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast made vs a very byworde amonge the Heithen, & that the people shake their heades at vs.
American Standard Version
All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
Bible in Basic English
My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
King James Version (1611)
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face couereth me:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
English Revised Version
All the day long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
Update Bible Version
All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,
Webster's Bible Translation
My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
New King James Version
My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,
New Living Translation
We can't escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces.
New Life Bible
All day long my shame is with me and has become too much for me.
New Revised Standard
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(43-16) All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
Revised Standard Version
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Young's Literal Translation
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All day long my dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,

Contextual Overview

9 In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah 10 Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts. 11 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will. 12 Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations. 13 Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high. 14 Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 15 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. 16 All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

confusion: Joshua 7:7-9, Ezra 9:6, Jeremiah 3:25

covered: Psalms 69:7, Psalms 71:13, Psalms 89:45, Jeremiah 51:51

Reciprocal: Lamentations 2:15 - wag Daniel 9:7 - unto us

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'
Genesis 4:10
And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
Genesis 21:26
And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.'
Genesis 39:8
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;
Genesis 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward: 'Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Genesis 44:5
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.'
Exodus 32:1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My confusion [is] continually before me,.... Meaning that which is the occasion of it;

and the shame of my face hath covered me; not by reason of sin, which is often the cause of confusion and shame in God's people; see Jeremiah 3:25; but on account of what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My confusion is continually before me - My shame; the conviction and the evidence of my disgrace is constantly present with me. Literally, “all the day my shame is before me.” That is, the evidences of disgrace, defeat, and disaster; render everywhere around him, and he could not conceal them from himself. The psalmist here is represented as the head of the people, and expresses the sense of disgrace which the sovereign era people would feel in a time of national calamity; identifying himself with the people, he speaks of the national disgrace as his own.

And the shame of my face - The shame that is manifested on the countenance when we blush.

Hath covered me - That is, I am suffused with the evidence of my shame; or, as we sometimes say, “he blushed all over.” The blush, however - that special rush of blood manifesting itself through the skin - which constitutes the evidence of shame, is confined to the face and the neck; an arrangement which none can explain, except on the supposition that there is a God; that he is a moral governor; and that, as it was designed that the body should be covered or clothed, he meant that the evidence of guilt should manifest itself on the parts of the person which are most exposed to view, or where others could see it. The idea here is, that he could not conceal the proofs of his shame and disgrace; he was compelled to exhibit them to all around.


 
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