Psalms 44:22

44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

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

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

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

44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

What does Psalms 44:22 mean?

Psalms 44:22 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָרַג (hârag), יוֹם (yôwm), חָשַׁב (châshab).

Hebrew interlinear

Yea,

for

thy

sake

are

killedהָרַגhârag/haw-rag'/H2026to smite with deadly intent

all

the

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

long;

are

countedחָשַׁבchâshab/khaw-shab'/H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute

sheepצֹאןtsôʼn/tsone/H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

for

the

slaughter.טִבְחָהṭibchâh/tib-khaw'/H2878{properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)}

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Martyrdom Murmuring

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 44:22.

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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What does Psalms 44:22 say?

Psalms 44:22 (King James Version) reads: "Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter."

Is Psalms 44:22 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 44:22 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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