“You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations . . . “Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” (Psalm 44:11, 22, NIV)
This psalm is a lament. God has allowed His people to be defeated in battle. The people here have not disobeyed, forgotten, or broken their covenant with God. They have done nothing to deserve this, apparently.Paul cites this verse in Romans (Romans 8:36), where he applies it to believers’ suffering. Rather than protect them like a shepherd (see 23:1 and note), God has allowed them to become like sheep ready for slaughter. "Paul uses this verse to remind believers that God’s people have always had to face such situations, yet they must not conclude that they are thereby separated from the love of Christ." [1]
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:37–39, NIV)
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1. Crossway Bibles. (2008). The ESV Study Bible (p. 992). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
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