Thou sellest thy people for nought,.... So God, when he is said to deliver up his people into the hands of their enemies, is said to sell them to them; see Jud 2:14; and selling them for nought suggests, that in their apprehensions he had no esteem of them and value for them; just as men, when they have any person or thing to dispose of they have no regard unto, but choose to be rid of, will part with it for nothing: and as it follows,and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price; get nothing by the bargain.
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Psalms 44:12
Psalms 44:12
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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