Psalms 44:19
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
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,
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
- KJV
- Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- WEB
- though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- ASV
- That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- DARBY
- Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- BLB
- Yet You have crushed us in the place of jackals, and You have covered over us with the shadow of death.
- ÅB
- så du skulle sønderknuse oss der hvor sjakaler bor, og dekke oss med dødsskygge.
- OTB
- Likevel har Du knust oss på et øde sted,
Og dekket oss med dyp mørke. - B1930
- så du skulde sønderknuse oss der hvor sjakaler bor, og dekke oss med dødsskygge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 23:4
Even 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, they comfort me.
Read in contextJob 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read in contextPsalms 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Read in contextJob 30:29
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:13–14
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
Read in contextRevelation 13:11–13
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
Read in contextPsalms 74:13–14
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
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