Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
The psalm belongs to the time of Sennacherib's invasion and the destruction of the Assyrian army during Hezekiah's reign. It portrays Israel in a backslidden and persecuted condition. The verse describes Israel's defeat and humiliation, in which God has made and allowed the people to become a reproach to their neighbors and an object of scorn, derision and ridicule among the surrounding peoples and nations. It serves as an encouragement to the downcast, with its lament answered by the assurance that God's people are more than conquerors through Christ.
The psalm belongs to the time of Sennacherib's invasion and the destruction of the Assyrian army during Hezekiah's reign. It portrays Israel in a backslidden and persecuted condition. The verse describes Israel's defeat and humiliation, in which God has made and allowed the people to become a reproach to their neighbors and an object of scorn, derision and ridicule among the surrounding peoples and nations. It serves as an encouragement to the downcast, with its lament answered by the assurance that God's people are more than conquerors through Christ.