Passage

Psalms 44.22

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 21. Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart."

"22. Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

"23. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?" (Psalms 44:20-24, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god; 21. won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart."

"22. Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter."

"23. Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever. 24. Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?" (Psalms 44:20-24, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart."

"22. Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter."

"23. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?" (Psalms 44:20-24, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God, 21. Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart."

"22. Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter."

"23. Stir up, why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever. 24. Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression," (Psalms 44:20-24, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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