Psalms 44:16

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁹But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. ¹⁰You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. ¹¹You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. ¹²You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale. ¹³You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. ¹⁴You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. ¹⁵All day long my disgrace is before me and shame has covered my face, ¹⁶at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

Bible Verse Review
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For the: Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 74:23, Psalms 79:12, Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:17, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:24

enemy: Psalms 8:2

Reciprocal: Isaiah 52:5 - my name Zechariah 8:13 - a curse

Cross-References

Genesis 37:7
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

Genesis 37:9
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Genesis 44:8
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal gold and silver from your master's house?

Genesis 44:9
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord."

Genesis 44:18
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, "Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are an equal to Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:21
Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.'

Genesis 44:22
So we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.'

Genesis 44:28
When one of them left me, I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces." And I have not seen him since.

Genesis 44:32
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father, saying, 'If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.'

Numbers 32:23
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD-and be assured that your sin will find you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the voice, of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,.... That is, antichrist, to whom a mouth speaking blasphemies has been given, and which he has opened in blasphemy against God, attributing that to himself which belongs to God; blaspheming his name, his tabernacle, and them that well in heaven; see Revelation 13:5;

by reason of the enemy and avenger; which are very proper characters of antichrist, who is the enemy of Christ and of his people, and breathes out vengeance against them; as the same titles are also given to the Scribes and Pharisees, the implacable enemies of Christ, Psalms 8:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the voice of him ... - That is, Because I hear the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes. The word rendered blasphemeth, means properly to use cutting words; then, to reproach or revile. It may be applied either to people or to God. In the former case, it means reproach or reviling; in the latter, blasphemy in the usual sense of that term, denoting reproachful words concerning God. The word may be used here in both these senses, as it is evident that not only were the people the subject of reproach, but that God was also.

By reason of the enemy - That is, the foreign enemies, or those who had invaded the land.

And avenger - Of him who had come to take vengeance. Here the word refers to the foreign enemies of the nation, and to the spirit by which they were actuated; their purposes to avenge themselves of what they regarded as wrongs, or take vengeance on a nation which they had long hated. Compare the notes at Psalms 8:2.