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Redeem Us, O God

Psalms 44:22

In 10 translations

BSB
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.Cited in Romans 8:36
KJV
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
WEB
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
ASV
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
LSV
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, || Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
YLT
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
DBY
But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
GNV
Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
JPS44:23
Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
LXXE43:23
For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.

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Original-language editions

WLC44:23
כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם נֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן טִבְחָֽה׃KJV:Ps.44.22
LXX-Br43:23
Ὅτι ἕνεκά σου θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
  • Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  • Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
  • John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
  • John 16:2–3They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:30–31And why do we endanger ourselves every hour? I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Matthew 5:10–12Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.…
  • 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they…
  • 1 Samuel 22:17–19Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a…
  • Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
  • Psalms 79:2–3They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one…
  • Revelation 11:3–9And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone wants…

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  • 44:23 in some Bibles
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