Psalms 44:22
(44-23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
21(44-22) Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day —
1 Kings 19:10And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, 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, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.'
Psalms 79:2They have given the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
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 →