Psalms 44:21
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- KJV
- Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- WEB
- won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
- ASV
- Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- DARBY
- Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- BLB
- would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
- ÅB
- skulle Gud da ikke utforske det? Han kjenner jo hjertets skjulte tanker.
- OTB
- Ville ikke Gud oppdage dette?
For Han kjenner hjertets hemmeligheter. - B1930
- skulde Gud da ikke utforske det? Han kjenner jo hjertets skjulte tanker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Read in contextJob 34:21–22
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Read in contextJob 31:4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Read in contextHebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Read in contextPsalms 139:1–24
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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