Psalms 44:22
“Yea for thy sake are wee killed all the day long: wee are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.”
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Psalms 44:22 Context
20If wee haue forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God: 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22Yea for thy sake are wee killed all the day long: wee are counted as sheepe for the slaughter. 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast vs not off for euer. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our affliction, and our oppression?
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Other Translations for Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- King James Version
But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
- Basic English Bible
But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
- Darby Bible
Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Webster's Bible
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
- World English Bible
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(44:23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 44:22
44:22 Yea - Because we are constant in thy worship, which they abhor.