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A Proverb of Disaster
Commentators explain that being a 'byword' meant Israel became a proverbial example of divine abandonment and calamity. The 'shaking of the head' was a public gesture of profound scorn and derision, an idea also found in descriptions of the Messiah's suffering (Psalms 22:7). This was a deep, national humiliation.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 44:14
18th Century
Theologian
You make us a byword among the heathen — The word translated “byword” (משׁל, mâshâl) properly means a likeness or p…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 44:13–14
19th Century
Bishop
These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucids, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the…
John Gill
On Psalms 44:14
17th Century
Pastor
You make us a byword among the Heathen Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, ([Reference Deuteronomy 28…
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Matthew Henry
On Psalms 44:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…