Text -- Psalms 44:14 (NET)

44:14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 44:14

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

² tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

³ tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).