14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock
14 You made us a joke among the godless, a cheap joke among the rabble.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
14 You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 44:14
Commentary on Psalm 44:9-16
(Read Psalm 44:9-16)
The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast them off, and that his name and truth will be dishonoured. But they should look above the instruments of their trouble, to God, well knowing that their worst enemies have no power against them, but what is permitted from above.