New English Translation
Psalms 44:17
17All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.
Psalms 44:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
- New International Version (NIV)All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
Context of Psalms 44:17
15All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame, 16before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me. All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us. 18We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands. 19Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:17 word by word
כָּל־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְלֹ֣א שְׁכַחֲנ֑וּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁ֝קַּ֗רְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 44:17
- Daniel 9:13Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the lord our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.
- Psalms 44:20If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
- Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
- Deuteronomy 6:12be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 8:14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
- Isaiah 17:10For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.
- Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:59“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.
- Ezekiel 20:37I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
Commentaries on Psalms 44:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Yet have we not forgotten thee - These are bold words; but they must be understood in a qualified sense. We have not apostatized from thee, we have not fallen into idolatry. And this was strictly true: the charge of idolatry could never be brought against the Jewish nation from the time of the captivity, with sufficient evidence to support it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17All this is come upon us - All these calamities. The connecting thought here is, that although all these things had come upon them, yet they could not be traced to their own infidelity or unfaithfulness to God. There was nothing in the national character, there were no circumstances at that time existing, there was no special unfaithfulness among the people, there was no such general forgetfulness of God, and no such general prevalence of idolatry as…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. 17-1917-19. They had not apostatized totally--were still God's people.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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