Psalms 44:22
Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; 1 we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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? 1 For he knows the secrets of the heart. 1
23Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? 1 Arise, do not throw us off permanently. 1
Cross References
Joshua 22:22“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh! The Mighty One, God, Yahweh!—He knows, and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against Yahweh, do not spare us on this day
1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, for the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”
Psalms 79:2They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, 1 the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth. 1
Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I get up; 1 you understand my thoughts from far away. 1
Jeremiah 17:10I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. 1 I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. 1
John 15:21They will do all these things to you because of my name, because they do not know him who 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 →