Psalms 44:18

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁷All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. ¹⁸Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.¹⁹But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness. ²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, ²¹would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? ²²Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. ²³Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. ²⁴Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression? ²⁵For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth. ²⁶Rise up, be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

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, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?" He answered, "If I find thirty there, I will not do it."

Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?" And He answered, "On account of the ten, I will not destroy it."

Genesis 41:40
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."

Genesis 41:44
And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot."

Genesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

Genesis 44:23
But you said to your servants, 'Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

Exodus 32:22
"Do not be enraged, my lord," Aaron replied. "You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

2 Samuel 14:12
Then the woman said, "Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?" "Speak," he replied.

Esther 1:12
Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king's command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

Job 33:31
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, 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.