Psalms 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
Noyes 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
19Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
21Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Cross References
Job 31:5If I have walked with falsehood, And if my foot hath hasted to deceit,
Psalms 44:17All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
Psalms 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste with outstretched hands to God.
Psalms 81:9Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any 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 →