Psalms 44:21
Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
In Context
20If we have forgotten the Name of our God, || And spread our hands to a strange God,
22Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, || Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Cross References
Job 31:4Does He not see my ways, || And number all my steps?
Job 34:21For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, || And He sees all his steps.
Ecclesiastes 12:14For every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.”
Jeremiah 23:24Is anyone hidden in secret places, || And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.
1 Corinthians 4:5so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from God.
Revelation 2:23and I will kill her children in death, and all the assemblies will know that I am He who is searching affections and hearts; and I will give to you—to each—according to your works.
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 →