Mazmur 44:11

44:11 You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten;

you scattered us among the nations.

Mazmur 44:22

44:22 Yet because of you ²  we are killed all day long;

we are treated like ³  sheep at the slaughtering block. ⁴ 

[44:11]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:22]  ² tn The statement “because of you” (1) may simply indicate that God is the cause of the Israelites’ defeat (see vv. 9-14, where the nation’s situation is attributed directly to God’s activity, and cf. NEB, NRSV), or (2) it may suggest they suffer because of their allegiance to God (see Ps 69:7 and Jer 15:15). In this case one should translate, “for your sake” (cf. NASB, NIV). The citation of this verse in Rom 8:36 follows the LXX (Ps 43:23 LXX), where the Greek term ἕνεκεν (Jeneken; LXX ἕνεκα) may likewise mean “because of” or “for the sake of” (BDAG 334 s.v. ἕνεκα 1).

[44:22]  ³ tn Or “regarded as.”

[44:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “like sheep of slaughtering,” that is, sheep destined for slaughter.