Psalm 44:22

The Passion Translation

Because of you we face death threats every day. Like martyrs we are dying daily. We are seen as lambs lined up to be slaughtered as sacrifices.

Cross References

Genesis 18:15

Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I wasn’t laughing.” But he said, “Yes, you were!”

Psalm 139:2

You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind.

Psalm 44:11

You have treated us like sheep in the slaughter pen, ready to be butchered. You’ve scattered us to the four winds.

Psalm 94:11

The Lord has fully examined every thought of man and found them all to be empty and futile.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and harshly mistreated; still he humbly submitted, refusing to defend himself. He was led like a gentle lamb to be slaughtered. Like a silent sheep before his shearers, he didn’t even open his mouth.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, Yahweh, probe the heart, and I thoroughly test the inner being to give to all people what they deserve according to their ways and based on their deeds.”

John 15:21

They will treat you this way because you are mine, and they don’t know the One who sent me.

Romans 8:36

even though it is written: All day long we face death threats for your sake, God. We are considered to be nothing more than sheep to be slaughtered!

1 Corinthians 4:9

It seems to me that God has appointed us apostles to be at the end of the line. We are like those on display at the end of the procession, as doomed gladiators soon to be killed. We have become a theatrical spectacle to all creation, both to people and to angels.

Joshua 22:22

“Yahweh is the God of all gods! Yahweh is the God of all gods! We appeal to God Almighty as our witness. He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled or betrayed Yahweh, then you may take our lives today.

Revelation 17:6

I saw the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy believers—drunk on the blood of the loyal martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was utterly astonished!