Psalms 44:21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
In Context
20For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.
Cross References
Job 31:4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps.
Ecclesiastes 12:14And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.
Jeremiah 23:24Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge not before the time; until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise from God.
Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,
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 →