Psalms 44:11

44:11 You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten;

you scattered us among the nations.

Jeremiah 12:3

12:3 But you, Lord, know all about me.

You watch me and test my devotion to you. ² 

Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered!

Appoint a time when they will be killed! ³ 

Romans 8:36

8:36 As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” ⁴ 

[44:11]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[12:3]  ² tn Heb “You, Lord, know me. You watch me and you test my heart toward you.”

[12:3]  ³ tn Heb “set aside for them a day of killing.”

[8:36]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 44:22.