Psalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
In Context
19that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
21will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to LORD. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that thou may know that the earth is LORD's.
1 Kings 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
Job 31:5If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit
Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms 68:31Rulers shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
Psalms 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.
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 →