The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 44:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours (comp. Psalms 42:10; Psalms 79:4; Psalms 80:6). They would be reproached, not so much as cowards, or as weak and powerless themselves, but rather as having a weak and powerless God.

A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. (For instances of the "scorn and derision" whereto the Israelites were exposed at the hands of the heathen, see 2 Kings 18:23, 2 Kings 18:24; 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Kings 19:24; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:2, Nehemiah 4:3; Psalms 79:4; Psalms 137:7.

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