Psalms 44:20

Psalms 44:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
• New International Version (NIV)If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• English Standard Version (ESV)If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

Context of Psalms 44:20

18Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way, 19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 21Will 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 accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Psalms 44:20 word by word

אִם־שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ לְאֵ֣ל זָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 44:20

• Psalms 44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
• Psalms 7:3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
• Job 31:5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
• Psalms 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
• Exodus 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah’s.
• 1 Kings 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
• Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

Commentaries on Psalms 44:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20If we have forgotten the name of our God - That name, יהוה Jehovah, by which the true God was particularly distinguished, and which implied the exclusion of all other objects of adoration. Or stretched out our hands - Made supplication; offered prayer or adoration to any strange god - a god that we had not known, nor had been acknowledged by our fathers. It has already been remarked, that from the time of the Babylonish captivity the Jews never relapsed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20If we have forgotten the name of our God - That is, if we have apostatized from him. Or stretched out our hands to a strange god - Or have been guilty of idolatry. The act of stretching out the hands, or spreading forth the hands, was significant of worship or prayer: 1 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 6:12-13; see the notes at Isaiah 1:15. The idea here is, that this was not the cause or reason of their calamities; that if this had occurred, it would have been a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our comfort in God. Let us take…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26This national lament after a defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms. It reflects on an unspecified moment in Israel's history and calls on God for salvation. The people: recite God's past acts of rescue (Psalm 44:1–3), recognize God's power to save (Psalm 44:4–8), describe their humiliation in exile (Psalm 44:9–16), claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (Psalm 44:17–22), and cry for vindication…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. A solemn appeal to God to witness their constancy. stretched out ... hands--gesture of worship (Ex 9:29; Psa 88:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 44:20

• Backsliders
• Forgetting God
• Idolatry
• Murmuring
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Naught
• Psalms
• Scorn
• Bible, the
• Forget; Forgetful
• Forth
• God, Strange
• Korahites; Sons of Korah

Commentaries on Psalms 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings