Psalms 44:20
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- KJV
- If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
- WEB
- If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
- ASV
- If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
- DARBY
- If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange God,
- BLB
- If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god,
- ÅB
- Dersom vi hadde glemt vår Guds navn og utbredt våre hender til en fremmed gud,
- OTB
- Hvis vi hadde glemt navnet på vår Gud
Eller rakt ut til en fremmed gud, - B1930
- Dersom vi hadde glemt vår Guds navn og utbredt våre hender til en fremmed gud,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Read in contextJob 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Read in contextPsalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Read in contextJob 31:5–40
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Read in contextExodus 9:29
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’s.
Read in context1 Kings 8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
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