Mazmur 44:11-14

44:11 You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten;

you scattered us among the nations.

44:12 You sold ²  your people for a pittance; ³ 

you did not ask a high price for them. ⁴ 

44:13 You made us ⁵  an object of disdain to our neighbors;

those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ⁶ 

44:14 You made us ⁷  an object of ridicule ⁸  among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt. ⁹ 

[44:11]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:12]  ² tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:12]  ³ tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”

[44:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”

[44:13]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”

[44:14]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

[44:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).