Psalm 44:9-16

New International Reader's Version

⁹ But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble.
    You don’t march out with our armies anymore.
¹⁰ You made us turn and run from our enemies.
    They have taken what belongs to us.
¹¹ You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep.
    You have scattered us among the nations.
¹² You sold your people for very little.
    You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.

¹³ You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at.
    Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.
¹⁴ The nations make jokes about us.
    They shake their heads at us.
¹⁵ All day long I have to live with my shame.
    My face is covered with it.
¹⁶ That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words.
    They want to get even with me.