Psalms 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
In Context
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
22Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Cross References
Job 31:4Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his activities.
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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 →