King James Version
Psalms 44:15 in the King James Version says “My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,”
Psalms 44:15 · KJV
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“is continually”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
“before me and the shame”
H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
“of my face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“hath covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
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