Psalms 44:19
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalms 38:8I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
Psalms 60:1God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
Isaiah 27:1In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
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 →