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Psalm 44:15

All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
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Notice

“All day long” makes dishonor feel inescapable, while shame covering the face captures how public scorn can become a burden carried through every hour.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 89:45You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.Both passages describe shame as a covering, expressing the humiliation of someone brought low.
Psalm 69:7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.Both describe shame covering the speaker’s face amid reproach; Psalm 69 says that reproach is borne for God’s sake.
Daniel 9:7“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, …Both speak of disgrace through the face, though Daniel names trespass as its cause and Psalm 44:15 names no sin.
Psalm 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.Shame covers the speaker in Psalm 44, while Psalm 71 asks that disgrace cover those seeking the speaker’s harm.
2 Chronicles 32:21The LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, the leaders, and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of …Both describe shame upon the face in the setting of military defeat, though Chronicles describes the defeated king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 51:51“We are confounded because we have heard reproach. Confusion has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.”Both connect reproach with a covering over the face, expressing the disgrace suffered by God’s people.
Joshua 7:7–9Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I …Both passages bring distress before God in the setting of defeat, though Joshua’s words focus on the threat of destruction.
Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up …Both connect shame with the face; Ezra confesses guilt, while Psalm 44:15 describes dishonor without naming wrongdoing.
Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. …Both describe shame as something that covers people, though Jeremiah ties that shame to disobedience.
Where this verse fits

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Name one lingering humiliation in prayer to God

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Encouragement

If shame has filled your day, this lament leaves room to speak of it before God. The surrounding verses describe people still faithful to his covenant amid scorn.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).