Psalms 44:22

“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long, etc.] These words are cited by the Apostle Paul in ( <450836>Romans 8:36); and are applied to his times, showing the then close attachment of the saints to Christ, and their strong love and affection for him; and they have the same sense here, being an instance and proof of the church’s integrity and faithfulness in the cause of God, amidst the sorest afflictions and persecutions; for the truth of which she appeals to the searcher of hearts; and had their accomplishment in the ten persecutions under the Heathen emperors, and under the Papal tyranny; and may be understood of their being threatened with death, being in danger of it, and exposed…”

“Their protracted sufferings as God's people attests the constancy. Paul (Rom 8:36) uses this to describe Christian steadfastness in persecution.”

“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long - That is, we are continually or constantly subjected to these calamities. It is not a single defeat, but it is a continued slaughter. This verse contains, in the apprehension of the psalmist, the true cause of the calamities which had come upon the nation. The emphasis in the passage lies in the phrase “for thy sake.” The meaning is, It is on thy account; it is in thy cause; it is because we are thy friends, and because we worship thee. It is not on account of our national sins; it is not because there is any prevalent idolatry, but it is because we are the worshippers of the true God, and we are, therefore, martyrs. All these calamities have…”

“Yea - Because we are constant in thy worship, which they abhor. Psalms 44:25”

“44:22 Paul quotes this verse as a parenthetical aside in his list of things that cannot separate us from Christ’s love (Rom 8:36).”

“Yea: Rom 8:36 killed: Psa 44:11, Psa 79:2, Psa 79:3; Sa1 22:17-19; Kg1 19:10; Mat 5:10-12; Joh 15:21; Joh 16:2, Joh 16:3; Co1 4:9, Co1 15:30, Co1 15:31; Rev 11:3-9, Rev 17:6 Psalms 44:23”

“(Heb.: 44:23-27) The church is not conscious of any apostasy, for on the contrary it is suffering for the sake of its fidelity. Such is the meaning intended by כּי, Psa 44:23 (cf. Psa 37:20). The emphasis lies on עליך, which is used exactly as in Psa 69:8. Paul, in Rom 8:36, transfers this utterance to the sufferings of the New Testament church borne in witnessing for the truth, or I should rather say he considers it as a divine utterance corresponding as it were prophetically to the sufferings of the New Testament church, and by anticipation, coined concerning it and for its use, inasmuch as he cites it with the words καθὼς γέγραπται. The suppliant cries עוּרה and הקיצה are Davidic, and…”