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11 You handed us[a] over like sheep to be eaten;
you scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold[b] your people for a pittance;[c]
you did not ask a high price for them.[d]
13 You made us[e] an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:11 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  2. Psalm 44:12 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  3. Psalm 44:12 tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”
  4. Psalm 44:12 tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”
  5. Psalm 44:13 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
  6. Psalm 44:13 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”

11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(A)
    and have scattered us among the nations.(B)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(C)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach(D) to our neighbors,(E)
    the scorn(F) and derision(G) of those around us.

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