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Psalm 44:11-12 KJV
Psalms · chapter 44 · verses 11–12
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.Psalm 44:11-12 · King James Version
Psalm 44:11-12 in context
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- scatteredzârâhto toss aboutH2219 →
- increaserâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- sellestmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- noughthôwnwealthH1952 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- sheeptsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- meatmaʼăkâlan eatableH3978 →
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The people of God here complain to him of the low and afflicted condition that they were now in, under the prevailing power of their enemies and oppressors, which was the more grievous to them because they were now trampled upon, who had always been used, in their struggles with their neighbours, to win the day and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-16