He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.(A)

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He was oppressed(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(B)
he was led like a lamb(C) to the slaughter,(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

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As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.(A)
You test whether my heart is with You.(B)
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter(C)
and set them apart for the day of killing.

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Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)

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36 As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;(A)
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.(B)[a]

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36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22