Tree of Life Version
Psalms 44:19
19Our heart did not turn back, nor did our steps stray from Your path.
Psalms 44:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- New International Version (NIV)But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Context of Psalms 44:19
17because of the sound of taunting and reviling from the face of a vengeful enemy. 18All this came upon us, though we did not forget You, nor were we false to Your covenant. Our heart did not turn back, nor did our steps stray from Your path. 20Yet You crushed us in a place of jackals, covered us with the shadow of death. 21If we had forgotten the Name of our God or stretched our hands to a foreign god,
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כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 44:19
- Psalms 38:8For my heart is filled with burning pain, and there is no health in my body.
- Psalms 60:1For the music director, on the “Lily of the Covenant,” a Michtam of David, for teaching,
- Jeremiah 14:17You will say this word to them: “Let my eyes overflow with tears. Night and day, may they never stop. For the virgin daughter of my people is crushed with a great blow, with a sorely infected wound.”
- Psalms 74:13You split the sea with Your power. You smashed the monsters’ heads in the waters.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.
- Isaiah 34:13Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses. It will be a haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.
- Isaiah 35:7The parched land will become a pool, the thirsty ground springs of water. In the haunt of jackals, where they rest, grass will become reeds and rushes.
- Ezekiel 29:3speak and say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great crocodile lying in his rivers, who says: “My Nile is my own —I made it for myself.”
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was thrown down—the ancient serpent, called the devil and satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- Revelation 13:2Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, his feet like a bear’s, and his mouth like a lion’s. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
- Revelation 16:10Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in pain
- Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me: Your rod and Your staff comfort me.
- Job 3:5May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
- Job 10:21before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
- Matthew 4:16the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
Commentaries on Psalms 44:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons - Thou hast delivered us into the hands of a fierce, cruel, and murderous people. We, as a people, are in a similar state to one who has strayed into a wilderness, where there are no human inhabitants; who hears nothing round about him but the hissing of serpents, the howling of beasts of prey, and the terrible roaring of the lion; and who expects every moment to be devoured.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons - Or rather, “That thou hast crushed us in the place of dragons.” The connection is continued from the previous verse: “Our heart is not so turned back, nor have our steps so declined from thy path, that thou shouldst crush us in the place of dragons.” That is, we have been guilty of no such apostasy and infidelity as to account for the fact that thou hast dealt with us in this manner, or make it…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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