44:13 You made us 1 an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 2
44:17 All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you 3
or violated your covenant with us. 4
103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 5
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 6
123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 7
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
2 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”
3 tn Heb “we have not forgotten you.” To “forget” God refers here to worshiping false gods and thereby refusing to recognize his sovereignty (see v. 20, as well as Deut 8:19; Judg 3:7; 1 Sam 12:9; Isa 17:10; Jer 3:21; Ps 9:17).Thus the translation “we have not rejected you” has been used.
4 tn Heb “and we did not deal falsely with your covenant.”
5 tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
6 tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
7 tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”