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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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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 44:11
18th Century
Theologian
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,…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 44:11
19th Century
Bishop
Like sheep. —The image of the sheep appointed for the slaughter, and unable to resist, recalls Isaiah 53:6-7, but does no…
John Gill
On Psalms 44:11
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Psalms 44:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…