Psalms 44:19
Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals 1 and covered us with the shadow of death. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
In Context
18Our heart has not turned back; 1 our steps have not gone from your way. 1
20If we have forgotten the name of our God 1 or spread out our hands to a strange god, 1
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go from where I will not return, 1 to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death, 1
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, 1 a companion of ostriches. 1
Psalms 38:8I am numb and utterly crushed; 1 I groan because of the anguish of my heart. 1
Psalms 60:1God, you have cast us off; you have broken through our defenses; 1 you have been angry; restore us again. 1
Isaiah 27:1On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword 1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent, 1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea. 1
Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; 1 in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes. 1
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 →