Psalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
Young's Literal Translation
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
19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses saith unto him, 'At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah — the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth [is] Jehovah's;
1 Kings 8:22And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth his hands towards the heavens,
Job 31:5If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
Psalms 44:17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
Psalms 68:31Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.
Psalms 81:9There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself 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 →