Psa 44:9-14 | NETfull | STEP | But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

Psalms 44:9-14

9 But ^{▼▼ The particle אַף (’af, “but”) is used here as a strong adversative contrasting the following statement with what precedes.} you rejected and embarrassed us!
You did not go into battle with our armies. ^{▼▼ Heb “you did not go out with our armies.” The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).}
10 You made us retreat ^{▼▼ Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”} from the enemy.
Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. ^{▼▼ Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).}
11 You handed us ^{▼▼ The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).} over like sheep to be eaten;
you scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold ^{▼▼ The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).} your people for a pittance; ^{▼▼ Heb “for what is not wealth.”}
you did not ask a high price for them. ^{▼▼ Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”}
13 You made us ^{▼▼ The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).} an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ^{▼▼ Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”}
14 You made us ^{▼▼ The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).} an object of ridicule ^{▼▼ Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”} among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt. ^{▼▼ Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).}