Psalm 44:13-14

Come to Our Help

¹³ You have made us _y the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and _z scorn of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us _a a byword among the nations,
_b a laughingstock ₁ among the peoples.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 39:8
   Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
   Psalms 79:4
   We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
   Psalms 89:41
   All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
   Psalms 119:22
   Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
   Nehemiah 2:17
   Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 80:6
   You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 24:9
   I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
   Job 17:6
   He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 16:4
   I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.