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Psalms 44:20
20We might have turned against you, our God, and worshipped a strange god.
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
18We have continued to serve you and obey your commands. 19But you have broken us in pieces. You have left us for wild dogs to eat. You have covered us with the darkness of death. We might have turned against you, our God, and worshipped a strange god. 21But if we had done that, you would have discovered it. You know even our most secret thoughts. 22But, because we are your people, God, people try to kill us all the time. They think that we are like sheep and we are ready to be killed.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:20 word by word
אִם־שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ לְאֵ֣ל זָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 44:20
- Psalms 44:17We have not turned away from you, but all this has happened to us. We have not turned against the covenant that you made with us.
- Psalms 7:3Lord, my God, if I have done a wrong thing, then let my enemies chase me and catch me. If I have done a bad thing against a friend, let my enemies catch me. If I have helped a friend's enemy to attack him, let my enemies catch me! If I am guilty of any of these things, let my enemies knock me down to the ground. They should leave me there, so that I lie as a dead person in the dirt. Selah.
- Job 31:5He must know that I am an honest man. I have never tried to deceive people.
- Psalms 68:31Egypt's leaders will come with gifts. People will come from Cush and they will agree to serve God.
- Exodus 9:29Then Moses said to Pharaoh, ‘As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my hands to the Lord and I will pray to him. The storm will stop and there will be no more hail. Then you will know that the whole world belongs to the Lord.
- 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood in front of the Lord's altar. All the Israelite people who had come together there could see him. He lifted up his hands towards the sky.
- Job 11:13As for you, Job, you should be faithful to God. Raise your hands and pray to God.
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
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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
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