Psalms 44:22
But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
In Context
21Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22The God of gods, Jehovah, the God of gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know [it]; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah, save us not this day!
1 Kings 19:10And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
Psalms 79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
Psalms 139:2*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
John 15:21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the… Read the whole commentary →