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JPS Old Testament

Psalms 44:18

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Forgetting God;   Murmuring;   Persecution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostates;   Forgetting God;   Steadfastness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Our hearts have not turned back;our steps have not strayed from your path.
Hebrew Names Version
Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from your way,
King James Version
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
English Standard Version
Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
New Century Version
Our hearts haven't turned away from you, and we haven't stopped following you.
New English Translation
We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.
Amplified Bible
Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
New American Standard Bible
Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
World English Bible
Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from your way,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
Legacy Standard Bible
Our heart has not turned back,Nor have our steps deviated from Your path,
Berean Standard Bible
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Contemporary English Version
We always kept you in mind and followed your teaching.
Complete Jewish Bible
Though all this came on us, we did not forget you; we have not been false to your covenant;
Darby Translation
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Easy-to-Read Version
We did not turn away from you. We did not stop following you.
George Lamsa Translation
We have not turned back, neither have we swerved our steps from thy way;
Good News Translation
We have not been disloyal to you; we have not disobeyed your commands.
Lexham English Bible
Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have not turned aside from your way.
Literal Translation
Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have not swerved from Your way,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All this is come vpon vs, & yet haue we not forgotten the, ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt.
American Standard Version
Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
Bible in Basic English
Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;
King James Version (1611)
Our heart is not turned backe: neither haue our steps declined from thy way,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.
English Revised Version
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
Update Bible Version
Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from your way,
Webster's Bible Translation
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
New King James Version
Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
New Living Translation
Our hearts have not deserted you. We have not strayed from your path.
New Life Bible
Our heart has not turned away. And our steps have not turned from Your way.
New Revised Standard
Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(43-19) And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
Revised Standard Version
Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,
Young's Literal Translation
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,

Contextual Overview

17 For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful. 18 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant. 19 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path; 20 Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 22 Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. 23 Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 24 Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever. 25 Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 26 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth. Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heart: Psalms 78:57, Psalms 125:5, 1 Kings 15:5, Job 34:27, Jeremiah 11:10, Zephaniah 1:6, Luke 17:32

have: Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:157, Job 23:11, Job 23:12, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

steps: or, goings

Reciprocal: Psalms 37:31 - steps Psalms 78:37 - stedfast Proverbs 4:5 - neither Isaiah 26:8 - in Hebrews 10:39 - we are

Cross-References

Genesis 18:30
And he said: 'Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.' And He said: 'I will not do it, if I find thirty there.'
Genesis 18:32
And he said: 'Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'
Genesis 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.'
Genesis 41:44
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.'
Genesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a brother?
Genesis 44:23
And thou saidst unto thy servants: Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Exodus 32:22
And Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.
2 Samuel 14:12
Then the woman said: 'Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king.' And he said: 'Say on.'
Esther 1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Job 33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me; hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Our heart is not turned back,.... To its original hardness, blindness, and bondage, to its former sin and folly, to cherish, gratify, and fulfil its lusts and desires; not from God, from love to him, faith in him, and desires after him; nor from his worship and service; their trials had no such influence upon them as to cause them to apostatize from God, neither in heart, nor in action;

neither have our steps declined from thy way; from the way of his commandments, from the paths of holiness, truth, and faith, being directed and guided therein by the counsel of the Lord, and kept and preserved by his power.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Our heart is not turned back - That is, We have not turned away from thy service; we have not apostatized from thee; we have not fallen into idolatry. This must mean that such was not at that time the characteristic of the nation; it was not a prominent thing among the people; there was no such general and pervading iniquity as to explain the fact that these calamities had come upon them, or to be properly the cause of these troubles.

Neither have our steps declined from thy way - Margin, goings. The idea as expressed by our translators is, that the people had not departed from the path prescribed by God; that is, from what he required in his law. The Septuagint and the Vulgate render it, “Thou hast turned our steps from thy way;” that is, though our heart is not turned back, and we have not revolted from thee, yet thou hast turned our steps from thy way, or hast turned us from the way of thy favor and from prosperity. The rendering in the common version, however, is more in conformity with the idea in the original.


 
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