Psalms 44:20

If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.

21Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?

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Cross References

Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, will I spread out my hands unto Yahweh,—the thunderings, shall cease, and, the hail, shall come no more,—that thou mayest know, that to Yahweh, belongeth the earth.

1 Kings 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh, in the presence of all the convocation of Israel,—and spread forth his hands towards the heavens;

Job 31:5Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit:—

Psalms 44:17All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;

Psalms 68:31Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian, eagerly stretcheth out his hands, unto God.

Psalms 81:9There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD,—Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange 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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