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Selected Verse: Psalms 44:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 44:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Yea, for thy sake are we killed [02026] all the day [03117] long; we are counted [02803] as sheep [06629] for the slaughter [02878]. |
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King James |
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Their protracted sufferings as God's people attests the constancy. Paul (Rom 8:36) uses this to describe Christian steadfastness in persecution. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long - That is, we are continually or constantly subjected to these calamities. It is not a single defeat, but it is a continued slaughter. This verse contains, in the apprehension of the psalmist, the true cause of the calamities which had come upon the nation. The emphasis in the passage lies in the phrase "for thy sake." The meaning is, It is on thy account; it is in thy cause; it is because we are thy friends, and because we worship thee. It is not on account of our national sins; it is not because there is any prevalent idolatry, but it is because we are the worshippers of the true God, and we are, therefore, martyrs. All these calamities have come upon us in consequence of our attachment to thee. There is no evidence that there was any self-glorying in this, or any intention to blame God as if he were unjust or severe, but it is the feeling of martyrs as suffering in the cause of religion. This passage is applied by the apostle Paul to Christians in his time, as fitly describing their sufferings, and the cause of the calamities which came upon them. See the notes at Rom 8:36.
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter - We are reckoned like sheep designed for the slaughter. That is, It is not because we are guilty, but we are regarded and treated as innocent sheep who are driven to be slaughtered. See the notes at Rom 8:36. Their attachment to the true religion - their devotion to Yahweh as the true God - was the secret cause of all the calamities which had come upon them. As a nation they were his friends, and as such they were opposed by the worshippers of other gods. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| (Heb.: 44:23-27) The church is not conscious of any apostasy, for on the contrary it is suffering for the sake of its fidelity. Such is the meaning intended by כּי, Psa 44:23 (cf. Psa 37:20). The emphasis lies on עליך, which is used exactly as in Psa 69:8. Paul, in Rom 8:36, transfers this utterance to the sufferings of the New Testament church borne in witnessing for the truth, or I should rather say he considers it as a divine utterance corresponding as it were prophetically to the sufferings of the New Testament church, and by anticipation, coined concerning it and for its use, inasmuch as he cites it with the words καθὼς γέγραπται. The suppliant cries עוּרה and הקיצה are Davidic, and found in his earlier Ps; Psa 7:7; Psa 35:23; Psa 59:5., cf. Psa 78:65. God is said to sleep when He does not interpose in whatever is taking place in the outward world here below; for the very nature of sleep is a turning in into one's own self from all relationship to the outer world, and a resting of the powers which act outwardly. The writer of our Psalm is fond of couplets of synonyms like ענינוּ ולחצנוּ in Psa 44:25; cf. Psa 44:4, ימינך וּזרועך. Psa 119:25 is an echo of Psa 44:26. The suppliant cry קוּמה (in this instance in connection with the עזרתה which follows, it is to be accented on the ultima) is Davidic, Psa 3:8; Psa 7:7; but originally it is Mosaic. Concerning the ah of עזרתה, here as also in Psa 63:8 of like meaning with לעזרתי, Psa 22:20, and frequently, vid., on Psa 3:3. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Yea - Because we are constant in thy worship, which they abhor. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For thy sake are we killed all the day long - Because of our attachment to thee and to thy religion, we are exposed to continual death; and some of us fail a daily sacrifice to the persecuting spirit of our enemies, and we all carry our lives continually in our hands. In the same state were the primitive Christians; and St. Paul applies these words to their case, Rom 8:36. |
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].
3 But thou, O LORD [03068], art a shield [04043] for me; my glory [03519], and the lifter up [07311] of mine head [07218].
20 Deliver [05337] my soul [05315] from the sword [02719]; my darling [03173] from the power [03027] of the dog [03611].
8 My soul [05315] followeth hard [01692] after [0310] thee: thy right hand [03225] upholdeth [08551] me.
7 So shall the congregation [05712] of the people [03816] compass thee about [05437]: for their sakes therefore return [07725] thou on high [04791].
8 Salvation [03444] belongeth unto the LORD [03068]: thy blessing [01293] is upon thy people [05971]. Selah [05542].
26 Arise [06965] for our help [05833], and redeem [06299] us for thy mercies [02617]' sake.
25 DALETH. My soul [05315] cleaveth [01692] unto the dust [06083]: quicken [02421] thou me according to thy word [01697].
4 Thou art my King [04428], O God [0430]: command [06680] deliverances [03444] for Jacob [03290].
25 For our soul [05315] is bowed down [07743] to the dust [06083]: our belly [0990] cleaveth [01692] unto the earth [0776].
65 Then the Lord [0136] awaked [03364] as one out of sleep [03463], and like a mighty man [01368] that shouteth [07442] by reason of wine [03196].
5 Thou therefore, O LORD [03068] God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], awake [06974] to visit [06485] all the heathen [01471]: be not merciful [02603] to any wicked [0205] transgressors [0898]. Selah [05542].
23 Stir up [05782] thyself, and awake [06974] to my judgment [04941], even unto my cause [07379], my God [0430] and my Lord [0136].
7 So shall the congregation [05712] of the people [03816] compass thee about [05437]: for their sakes therefore return [07725] thou on high [04791].
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].
8 I am become a stranger [02114] unto my brethren [0251], and an alien [05237] unto my mother's [0517] children [01121].
20 But the wicked [07563] shall perish [06], and the enemies [0341] of the LORD [03068] shall be as the fat [03368] of lambs [03733]: they shall consume [03615]; into smoke [06227] shall they consume away [03615].
23 Awake [05782], why sleepest [03462] thou, O Lord [0136]? arise [06974], cast us not off [02186] for ever [05331].
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].