Mazmur 44:11

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

you scattered us among the nations.

Mazmur 44:14

44:14 You made us ²  an object of ridicule ³  among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt. ⁴ 

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

[44:14]  ² tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:14]  ³ tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

[44:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).