Mazmur 44:14

44:14 You made us ¹  an object of ridicule ²  among the nations;

foreigners treat us with contempt. ³ 

Mazmur 78:66

78:66 He drove his enemies back;

he made them a permanent target for insults. ⁴ 

Mazmur 89:42

89:42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, ⁵ 

and all his enemies to rejoice.

Mazmur 114:8

114:8 who turned a rock into a pool of water,

a hard rock into springs of water! ⁶ 

[44:14]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:14]  ² tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”

[44:14]  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).

[78:66]  ⁴ tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”

[89:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “you have lifted up the right hand of his adversaries.” The idiom “the right hand is lifted up” refers to victorious military deeds (see Pss 89:13; 118:16).

[114:8]  ⁶ sn In v. 8 the psalmist recalls the event(s) recorded in Exod 17:6 and/or Num 20:11 (see also Deut 8:15 and Ps 78:15-16, 20).