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Psalm 44

Psa. 44:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If we have forgotten
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, orf stretched out
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
our hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the 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-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
to a strange
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
god
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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Job 31:26‑28• 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. (Job 31:26‑28)

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If we.
Psa. 44:17• 17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. (Psa. 44:17)
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Psa. 7:3‑5• 3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
 4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
 5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah. (Psa. 7:3‑5)
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Job 31:5‑40• 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
 11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
 13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
 24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
 31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:5‑40)
stretched.
Psa. 68:31• 31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. (Psa. 68:31)
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Ex. 9:29• 29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. (Ex. 9:29)
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1 Kings 8:22• 22And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: (1 Kings 8:22)
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Job 11:13• 13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; (Job 11:13)
• There was no turning in heart to idols. They preferred suffering anything, or suffer what they might, for owning the true God; they would do it for His own sake, for the attachment of their heart to Him, for what He was when they got no blessing; because the God who was in covenant with His people was the true God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange *god,