Psalms 44:17
All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
18Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:14and so thy heart be lifted up,—and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants;
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
Psalms 78:57But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;
Jeremiah 2:32Can, a virgin, forget, her ornaments,—A bride, her girdle? Yet, my people, have forgotten me, days without number.
Ezekiel 16:59For Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I deal with thee just as thou hast dealt,- In that thou didst despise an oath by breaking a covenant.
Daniel 9:13Even as written in the law of Moses, hath, all this calamity, come in upon us,—yet entreated we not the face of Yahweh our God, by turning away from our iniquities, and by getting intelligence in thy truth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:10-17
Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword… Read the whole commentary →