Psalms 44:20
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
19And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
21If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's.
1 Kings 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven;
Job 31:5If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
Psalms 44:17At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
Psalms 68:31Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
Psalms 81:9Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,
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 →