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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:14

Thou makest us a byword among the Heathen,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deuteronomy 28:37; calling them schismatics, heretics, fanatics, and what not?

a shaking of the head among the people; by way of indignation, scorn, and contempt; see Psalms 22:7.

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See also Psalms 44:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 44:14. _THOU MAKEST US A BYWORD_] We are evidently abandoned by thee, and are become so very miserable in consequence, that we are a proverb among the people: "See the Hebrews! _see thei...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU MAKEST US A BYWORD AMONG HEATHEN - The word rendered “by-word” - משׁל _mâshâl_ - means properly a similitude or parable; then, a sententious saying, and apophthegm; then, a proverb; then, a son...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 44 The Increased Cry for Deliverance _ 1. My King, O God! Command deliverances (Psalms 44:1)_ 2. Trouble upon trouble and confusion (Psalms 44:9) 3. Awake! Arise for our help! ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XLIV. A NATIONAL PRAYER IN UNMERITED DISTRESS. The Ps. evidently depicts the situation of Israel under Antiochus Epiphanes [but see OTJC 2, pp. 207f., 437- 440. A. S. P.] So much was plain long ago to...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the heathen … the people_ Render with R.V., the nations … the peoples. They point to our fate as a proverbial instance of a people abandoned by its God, and make us the subject of taunting songs: the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    But the present circumstances of the nation contradict these expressions of faith based upon past experience. Israel is abandoned to be the scorn and prey of its foes. Comp. the transition in Psalms 8...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 44 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Suffers for God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 44:1-8, The Psalmist, Encouraging himself by Jehovah's Past Favour in Giving Israel their Land, Emboldens himself to E...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU MAKEST US A REPROACH TO OUR NEIGHBOURS, A SCORN AND A DERISION TO THEM THAT ARE ROUND ABOUT US._ Thou makest us a reproach ... a byword among the heathen - as Moses foretold (Deuteronomy 28:37)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a prayer for deliverance from national trouble which has not been deserved by any apostasy or idolatry. The strong assertions of national faithfulness are akin to the spirit of the Maccabean a...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucidæ, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the Sabbath, and from their scrupulous regard to it woul...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHAKING OF THE HEAD. — Comp. Psalms 22:7....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 44:15]_ תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭שָׁל בַּ † גֹּויִ֑ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 44:1 CALVIN says that the authorship of this psalm is uncertain, but that it is abundantly clear that it was composed by anyone rather than David, and that its plaintive contents suit best the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PLEA FOR PRESENT HELP Psalms 44:9 In Psalms 44:11 God's people are compared to sheep appointed for meat, which are sold by the shepherd for naught, so worthless are they. Before their savage foes s...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The final meaning of this psalm is discovered in its last four verses. It is a prayer for deliverance from defeat. Its strength of appeal lies in its recognition of the government of God. He is the Au...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Is within. Roman Septuagint, &c., have "of Hesebon," by mistake, for Esothen. (Calmet) --- Queens in the East, could not appear much abroad. (Kimchi) --- When they go out, they cannot be seen. The be...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is a melancholy state described: and what added to the affliction, the church beheld the Lord's hand in the appointment. Though the Lord's afflictions are always, sooner or later, sanctified affl...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _WHY DO GOD’S SAINTS SUFFER?_ ‘A byword among the heathen.’ Psalms 44:14 I. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT POSITION AND THE NEW—‘_ For Thy sake we are slain_’ (Psalms 44:22). Here was the s...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 44 gives a full and vivid picture of the state of the nation, as in the conscience of the remnant. They had heard with their ears. Faith rested in the memorial of all the old mighty deliverance...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. Ver. 14. _Thou makest us a byword among the heathen_] Who use to say, As base as a Jew, as wretched as an Israelite,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou hast given us like sheep_, &c. Some of us they killed in the pursuit, without any mercy, like sheep appointed for the shambles. _And hast scattered us among the heathen_ Those of us who were not...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, their fate being bandied about in little verses of mockery, A SHAKING OF THE HEAD AMONG THE PEOPLE, in a gesture of sneering contempt....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A PRAYER IN TIMES OF NATIONAL DISTRESS. To the chief. musician for the sons of Korah, another hymn composed by a member of this family, Maschil, a didactic poem evidently written at a time when the na...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-16 The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A BY-WORD, or _a proverb_. They used to say proverbially, _More despicable_ or _miserable than an Israelite_. A SHAKING OF THE HEAD; a gesture of scorn and insultation. SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 22:7"....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:14 make H7760 (H8799) byword H4912 nations H1471 shaking H4493 head H7218 peoples H3816 byword -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IN VIEW OF THEIR TRUST IN GOD THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEREFORE THEY HAVE FACED DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THEIR ENEMIES SO THAT SOME OF HIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE AND ARE NOW SLAVES IN THE HAN...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of the Lord's apparent forgetfulness and entreaty for His help. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The tokens of God's displeasure are more grievous to those who have been lo...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 44:1. _Our fathers have told us._ All ancient patriarchs instructed their children, and all ancient nations instructed posterity by oral traditions, as in this psalm, by reciting how Joshua dro...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what work Thou didst._ ASPECTS OF NATIONAL PIETY There is such a thing as national piety. I mean the aggregation of genuine godly though...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:1. This is a hymn for times when God’s people as a whole have suffered some great calamity at the hands of their enemies. When the worshiping congregation sings this, the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:9 In light of this past (vv. Psalms 44:1), the current situation is difficult to understand. God has apparently REJECTED his people (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.” See introduction to Psalms 42. We have no means of determining who was the author of the psalm. Nor are we able...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE date and occasion of this psalm are greatly disputed. Most critics, from Calvin to Hitzig, refer it to the times of the Maccabees. Others suggest the fourth or fifth century B.C. One (T...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in times of old. How you did drive out the heathen with thy hand, and you planted them; and how you did a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Kings 19:21; Deuteronomy 28:37;...

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