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Psalms 44:14–15

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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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From verse 14

  1. Jeremiah 24:9Rank 1 from verse 14
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    9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  2. 2 Kings 19:21Rank 2 from verse 14
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    21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 28:37Rank 3 from verse 14
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    37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  4. Job 16:4Rank 4 from verse 14
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    4I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

  5. Job 17:6Rank 5 from verse 14
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    6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

From verse 15

  1. Psalms 69:7Rank 1 from verse 15
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    7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

  2. 2 Chronicles 32:21Rank 2 from verse 15
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    21¶ And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

  3. Jeremiah 51:51Rank 3 from verse 15
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    51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

  4. Joshua 7:7–9Rank 4 from verse 15
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    7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

    8O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

    9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

  5. Psalms 71:13Rank 5 from verse 15
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    13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

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Psalms 44:14

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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byword

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A saying, name, or example repeatedly spoken among people, especially as an object of reproach, scorn, warning, or astonishment.

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heathen

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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shaking

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of shake, meaning to move rapidly back and forth; to cause to tremble, loosen, overthrow, or become unsettled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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Psalms 44:15

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confusion

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Sense 1: Disorder, uncertainty, or lack of understanding. Sense 2: Shame, disgrace, or frustrated defeat. Sense 3: Perverse mingling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

continually

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1. Repeatedly, habitually, or at every appointed recurrence. 2. Without pause or cessation during the period stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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44:1WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

44:2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

44:3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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44:15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

44:19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

44:26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

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