Psalms 44:21
you certainly would have known that, because you know even what we secretly think.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:4God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, so why is he causing me to suffer? It is as though he counts every step that I take.
Job 34:21“He sees [MTY] everything that people do; when we walk, he watches every step that we take.
Ecclesiastes 12:14And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, even things that we do secretly.
Jeremiah 23:24So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! That is what I, Yahweh, say!
1 Corinthians 4:5So, stop evaluating any of us (exc) before the time when God judges everyone [MTY]! Do not judge us before the Lord comes. He is the one who will reveal the sinful things that people have done secretly. He will even reveal what people have thought. At that time God will praise each person as each one of them deserves.
Revelation 2:23Some have become like her children by doing what she teaches [MET]; I will certainly get rid of them. As a result, all the congregations will recognize that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires [MTY]. I will reward each of you according to what you have done.
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 →