Psalms 44:20
(44:21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:
Leeser Tanakh
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
21(44:22) Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands unto the Lord: the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall not be any more; in order that thou mayest know how that to the Lord belongeth the earth.
1 Kings 8:22And Solomon now placed himself before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
Job 31:5[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
Psalms 44:17(44:18) All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
Psalms 68:31(68:32) Nobles will come out of Egypt: Ethiopia will stretch forth eagerly her hands unto God.
Psalms 81:9(81:10) There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God.
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 →