King James Version

Psalms 44:13

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 44:14.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּtesimenvputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…חֶ֭רְפָּהcherpahrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּlishkheneynvto inhabitantשָׁכֵןpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to inhabitant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7934a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizeninhabitant, neighbour, nigh.לַ֥עַגlaagderisionלַעַגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “derision”, the ordinary formH3933derision, scoffingderision, scorn (-ing).וָ֝קֶ֗לֶסvaqelesand derisionקֶלֶסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and derision”, the ordinary formH7047a laughing-stockderision.לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּlisvivoteynvto aboutסָבִיבpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

World English Bible

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

Darby Translation

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

Douay-Rheims

And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθου ἡμᾶς ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, μυκτηρισμὸν καὶ καταγέλωτα τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν.