Psalms 44:18
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
In Context
17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Cross References
Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Psalms 119:157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Luke 17:32Remember Lot’s wife!
1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
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 →