King James Version
Psalms 44:9 in the King James Version says “But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.”
Psalms 44:9 · KJV
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. like: Heb. as sheep of meat
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But”
H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“and put us to shame”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and goest not forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“with our armies”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
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