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Psalms 44:22

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

KJV

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

ASV

הֲ/לֹ֣א אֱ֭לֹהִים יַֽחֲקָר זֹ֑את כִּֽי ה֥וּא יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ תַּעֲלֻמ֥וֹת לֵֽב

Hebrew

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

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 591×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נֶחְקַ֖ר
nchqr
verb · 27×
תַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹת
t'lmvt
noun · 3×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rom 8:36 · adapted
    "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
    Psalm 44: for your sake we are killed all day long

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • 1Cor 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • 1Cor 15:30 — And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
  • 1Kgs 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD 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 o
  • 1Sam 22:17 — And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. B
  • 2Cor 4:11 — For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
  • Isa 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
  • John 15:21 — But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
  • John 16:2 — They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
  • Matt 5:10 — Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Matt 8:25 — And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
  • Ps 44:11 — Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
  • Ps 69:7 — Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
  • Ps 141:7 — Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
  • Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
  • Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.