Psalms 44:18
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
In Context
17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Cross References
Job 23:11On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Psalms 78:57And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
Psalms 119:157Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Jeremiah 11:10They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.
Luke 17:32remember the wife of Lot.
1 Thessalonians 2:10ye [are] witnesses — God also — how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,
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 →