Psalms 44:21
will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
In Context
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
22Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Cross References
Job 31:4Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his goings.
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Jeremiah 23:24Can any man hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says LORD.
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.
Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.
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 →