Psalms 44:19

\44:18\Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

Bible in Basic English

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

18\44:17\All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

20\44:19\Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

Job 30:29I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

Psalms 38:8\38:7\For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

Psalms 60:1To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David.\

Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

Isaiah 35:7And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.

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 →

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