Psalms 44:11

“Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat, etc.] To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are; and therefore are called “the flock of slaughter”, (<381104>Zechariah 11:4,7); as the church was, not only under the ten persecutions of Rome Pagan, but through the butcheries and massacres of Rome Papal; who have worried many of Christ’s sheep, have eaten their flesh and drank their blood, and have become drunken with it; it has been their meat and drink to persecute the saints of the most High; and hast scattered us among the Heathen: the Pagan world, as the first Christians were, who were scattered up and down in the Gentile world everywhere; (see <600101>1 Peter 1:1); or the Papacy,…”

“The Babylonian captivity not necessarily meant. There were others (compare Kg1 8:46).”

“Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat - Margin, as in Hebrew, “as sheep of meat.” That is, as sheep are killed for food, so thou hast allowed us to be put to death. And hast scattered us among the heathen - Among the surrounding nations. See the notes at Psalms 44:2. That is, they had been discomfited in war; many had fled into surrounding countries; many had been carried away captive. All this undoubtedly occurred at the time at which I have supposed that the psalm was written - the time immediately preceding the Babylonian captivity. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Scattered - Those who were not slain are carried into captivity, and dispersed in several places. Psalms 44:16”

“44:11 scattered us among the nations: This probably refers to the Exile (see 51:18-19; 89:38-51; 106:40-47; 137).”

“given: Jer 12:3; Rom 8:36 like sheep appointed for meat: Heb. as sheep of meat, Psa 14:4 scattered: Psa 60:1; Deu 4:27, Deu 28:64; Kg2 17:6; Isa 11:11, Isa 11:12; Jer 32:37; Eze 34:12; Luk 21:24 Psalms 44:12”