Psalms 44:19
that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
In Context
18Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalms 38:8I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms 60:1O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
Isaiah 27:1In that day LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
Isaiah 35:7And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. In the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the… Read the whole commentary →