Psalms 44:14

You made us ¹  an object of ridicule ²  among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. ³ 

You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

You have made us the butt of their jokes; we are scorned by the whole world.

You made us a joke among the godless, a cheap joke among the rabble.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

You made us ¹  an object of ridicule ²  among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. ³ 

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

² tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

³ tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).