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Psalm 44:14-16
New English Translation
Psalm 44:14-16
New English Translation
14 You made us[a] an object of ridicule[b] among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt.[c]
15 All day long I feel humiliated[d]
and am overwhelmed with shame,[e]
16 before the vindictive enemy
who ridicules and insults me.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:14 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
- Psalm 44:14 tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
- Psalm 44:14 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).
- Psalm 44:15 tn Heb “all the day my humiliation [is] in front of me.”
- Psalm 44:15 tn Heb “and the shame of my face covers me.”
- Psalm 44:16 tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.
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