Psalms

Psalm 44:22–23

22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.e

23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?

Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Footnotes

  • e 44:22 Cited in Romans 8:36|ROM 8:36

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Psalm 44:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Yetכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
for Your sakeעָ֭לֶיךָ‘ā·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH5921 height
we face deathהֹרַ֣גְנוּhō·raḡ·nūVerb - QalPass - Perfect - first person common pluralH2026 kill, slay
all day longכָל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
we are consideredנֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּneḥ·šaḇ·nūVerb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common pluralH2803 think, account
as sheepכְּצֹ֣אןkə·ṣōnPreposition-k; Noun - common singular constructH6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
to be slaughteredטִבְחָֽה׃ṭiḇ·ḥāhNoun - feminine singularH2878 thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter

Psalm 44:23

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Wake upע֤וּרָה׀‘ū·rāhVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH5782 rouse oneself, awake
O Lordאֲדֹנָ֑י’ă·ḏō·nāyNoun - proper - masculine singularH136 lord
Whyלָ֖מָּהlām·māhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
are You sleepingתִישַׁ֥ן׀ṯî·šanVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH3462 sleep
Ariseהָ֝קִ֗יצָהhā·qî·ṣāhVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH6974 awake
Do notאַל־’al-AdverbH408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
reject us foreverתִּזְנַ֥חtiz·naḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH2186 reject, spurn

Cross-references

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Psalm 44:22 Romans 8:36 · Isaiah 53:7 · Psalm 44:11 · John 16:2–3 · 1 Corinthians 4:9 · John 15:21 · 1 Corinthians 15:30–31 · Matthew 5:10–12 · 1 Kings 19:10 · 1 Samuel 22:17–19 · Revelation 11:3–9 · Revelation 17:6

Psalm 44:23 Psalm 78:65 · Psalm 7:6 · Psalm 77:7 · Psalm 35:23 · Psalm 88:14 · Psalm 74:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.