Psalms 44:20

Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,

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If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

In Context

19that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.

21would God not have searched this out? For he knows the heart and its secrets.

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Cross References

Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.

Psalms 68:31May they come from Egypt with gifts of oil, Ethiopia haste with full hands to God.

Psalms 81:9There must not be a strange god among you, you must bow to no 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 →

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