Psalms 44:18
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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- BSB
- Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- KJV
- Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
- WEB
- Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
- ASV
- Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
- DARBY
- Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
- BLB
- Our heart has not turned back, [nor] our steps turned aside from Your path.
- ÅB
- Vårt hjerte vek ikke tilbake, og våre skritt bøyde ikke av fra din vei,
- OTB
- Vårt hjerte har ikke vendt seg bort,
Og våre skritt har ikke veket fra Din sti, - B1930
- Vårt hjerte vek ikke tilbake, og våre skritt bøide ikke av fra din vei,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:51
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Read in contextPsalms 119:157
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Read in contextPsalms 78:57
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:6
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
Read in contextJob 23:11–12
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Read in contextJob 34:27
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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