Psalm 44:22 “Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as she…”

Psalm 44:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

Darby Translation

But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

Young's Literal Translation

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

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Cross references

“Yea”

Romans 8:36

Romans 8:36 · BSB

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

“killed”

Psalm 44:11 John 15:21 1 Corinthians 4:9 Matthew 5:10–12 1 Samuel 22:17–19 1 Kings 19:10

Psalm 44:11 · BSB

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

John 15:21 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

Matthew 5:10–12 · BSB

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

1 Samuel 22:17–19 · BSB

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 h…

1 Kings 19:10 · BSB

“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…

Also

Isaiah 53:7

Isaiah 53:7 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

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