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Monday, July 14th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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New Century Version

Psalms 44:18

Our hearts haven't turned away from you, and we haven't stopped following you.

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 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;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
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 All these things have happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or failed to keep our agreement with you. 18 Our hearts haven't turned away from you, and we haven't stopped following you. 19 But you crushed us in this place where wild dogs live, and you covered us with deep darkness. 20 If we had forgotten our God or lifted our hands in prayer to foreign gods, 21 God would have known, because he knows what is in our hearts. 22 But for you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed. 23 Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever. 24 Why do you hide from us? Have you forgotten our pain and troubles? 25 We have been pushed down into the dirt; we are flat on the ground. 26 Get up and help us. Because of your love, save us.

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
Then Abraham said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me, but let me ask you this. If you find only thirty good people in the city, will you destroy it?" He said, "If I find thirty good people there, I will not destroy the city."
Genesis 18:32
Then Abraham said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me, but let me bother you this one last time. What if you find ten there?" He said, "If I find ten there, I will not destroy it."
Genesis 41:40
I will put you in charge of my palace. All the people will obey your orders, and only I will be greater than you."
Genesis 41:44
The king said to him, "I am the king, and I say that no one in all the land of Egypt may lift a hand or a foot without your permission."
Genesis 44:19
When we were here before, you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?'
Genesis 44:23
But you said to us, ‘If you don't bring your youngest brother, you will not be allowed to see me again.'
Exodus 32:22
Aaron answered, "Don't be angry, master. You know that these people are always ready to do wrong.
2 Samuel 14:12
The woman said, "Let me say something to you, my master and king." The king said, "Speak."
Esther 1:12
The eunuchs told Queen Vashti about the king's command, but she refused to come. Then the king became very angry; his anger was like a burning fire.
Job 33:31
"Job, pay attention and listen to me; be quiet, 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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