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Psalm 44:20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 44 · verse 20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;Psalm 44:20 · King James Version
Psalm 44:20 in context
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- forgottenshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- strangezûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26