Psalms 44:22 - Exposition

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; or, continually , as the phrase is often translated. Not only are the Israelites not suffering on account of any previous desertion of God, or other misconduct, but they are suffering for their fidelity to God. The heathen hate them, and make war upon them, as worshippers of one exclusive God, Jehovah, and contemners of their many gods, whom they hold to be "no-gods." They are martyrs, like the Christians of the early Church (see Romans 8:36 ). We are counted as sheep for the slaughter (comp. Psalms 44:11 ).