Psalms 44:11

Psa 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Ver. 11. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ] Aliqui occisi, dispersi alii, et venundati gratias, Some of us are slain, others scattered here and there, and sold for nought (Aben-Ezra).

And hast scattered us, &c. ] Oh the many miseries of such a banishment! The poet Tyrtaeus thus expresses it:

Est miserum, patria amissa laribusque vagare:

Mendiea et timida voce rogare cibos.

Cum natisque errare suis, et coniuge moesta,

Et cum matre pia, cumque parente sene.