King James Version

Psalms 44:11

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 44:12.

תִּ֭תְּנֵנוּtitnenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…כְּצֹ֣אןketsonas flockצֹאןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “as flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).מַאֲכָ֑לmaakhalfruitמַאֲכָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fruit”, the ordinary formH3978an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.וּ֝בַגּוֹיִ֗םuvagoyimand in Gentileגּוֹיconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.זֵרִיתָֽנוּzeritanvwinnowזָרָהverb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “winnow”, a completed actionH2219to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnowcast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

World English Bible

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

Darby Translation

Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

Douay-Rheims

Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father’s house.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔδωκας ἡμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα βρώσεως, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι διέσπειρας ἡμᾶς·