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You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.
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Like Sheep for Slaughter
Commentators explain that the image of "sheep appointed for food" vividly portrays a state of utter helplessness and vulnerability. Just as sheep are defenseless before a butcher, the psalmist feels that God has allowed His people to be slaughtered and scattered by their enemies, highlighting the depth of their suffering and perceived abandonment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat – Margin, as in Hebrew, "as sheep of meat." That is, as sheep are killed for food,…
19th Century
Anglican
Like sheep. —The image of the sheep appointed for the slaughter, and unable to resist, recalls Isaiah 53:6-7, but does no…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have given us like sheep [appointed] for meat
To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are; and therefore are …
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The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.
The…
