Psalms 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Majority Standard Bible
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
19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Cross References
Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
Job 31:5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
Psalms 81:9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign 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 →