Psalms 44:22 · KJV
“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”
— Psalms 44:22
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
Psalms 44 — Context
If we have 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 we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Cross References
Romans 8:36
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Isaiah 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.
Psalms 44:11
Thou hast given us like sheep {appointed} for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. {like...: Heb. as sheep of meat}
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 16:2-3
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
1 Corinthians 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. {us...: or, us the last apostles, as} {spectacle: Gr. theatre}
1 Corinthians 15:30-31
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed {are} they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.