Bible in Basic English
"You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price."
— Psalms 44:12, Bible in Basic English
“Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price. ”
But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.
You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.
You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.
You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;