Psalms 44:14-16

44:14 You made us ¹  an object of ridicule ²  among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt. ³ 

44:15 All day long I feel humiliated ⁴ 

and am overwhelmed with shame, ⁵ 

44:16 before the vindictive enemy

who ridicules and insults me. ⁶ 

[44:14]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:14]  ² tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

[44:14]  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).

[44:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the day my humiliation [is] in front of me.”

[44:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the shame of my face covers me.”

[44:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.