Psalm 44:22

Translations

Modern

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Traditional

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Literal

Yet for Your sake we are killed all the day; we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.

Latin

Included in Psalm 44:21

Original

Hebrew

English

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Notes

Psalms 44:22

Paul quotes this verse as a parenthetical aside in his list of things that cannot separate us from Christ’s love (Romans 8:36).

Psalms 44:1–26

This national lament after a defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms. It reflects on an unspecified moment in Israel's history and calls on God for salvation. The people:

recite God's past acts of rescue (Psalm 44:1–3),
recognize God's power to save (Psalm 44:4–8),
describe their humiliation in exile (Psalm 44:9–16),
claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (Psalm 44:17–22), and
cry for vindication (Psalm 44:23–26).

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Related verses

Romans 8:36
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
Psalm 44:11
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
John 16:2–3
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
John 15:21
But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
1 Corinthians 15:30–31
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
Matthew 5:10–12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1 Kings 19:10
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
1 Samuel 22:17–19
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
Revelation 11:3–9
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

Psalm 44:22

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