Psalms 44:19
And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
20For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:
Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
Psalms 38:8For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.
Psalms 60:1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine,
Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the see.
Isaiah 35:7And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
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 →