all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

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

Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.

Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

A Maskil of Asaph.

O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;