King James Version
Psalms 44:20 in the King James Version says “If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;”
Psalms 44:20 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If we have forgotten”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
“the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“our hands”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“god”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“to a strange”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
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