"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;" — Psalms 44:20

Psalms 44:20 · KJV

“If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;”

— Psalms 44:20

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 44 — Context

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; {steps: or, goings}

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;

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Cross References

Psalms 81:9

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Job 11:13

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Psalms 7:3-5

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

Job 31:5-40

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Psalms 68:31

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Deuteronomy 6:14

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which {are} round about you;

1 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:

Psalms 44:17

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.