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Psalm 44:22 KJV
Psalms · chapter 44 · verse 22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.Psalm 44:22 · King James Version
Psalm 44:22 in context
20If 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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- countedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- killedhâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
- sheeptsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26