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href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/44.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or extended our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God Or spread our hands to a strange god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We did not forget you or lift our hands in prayer to foreign gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If we had stopped worshiping our God and prayed to a foreign god, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the Name of our God, "" And spread our hands to a strange God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If we forgat the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 43:20>For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God, stretched out our hands to another god, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And yet we have not forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to stranger gods;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And we do not forget The Name of our God, neither have we stretched our hands to foreign gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/44-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5263" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm">Redeem Us</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’i·mō·šā- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: ḵaḥ·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">we had forgotten</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of our God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6566.htm" title="6566: wan·nip̄·rōś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cp) -- To spread out, spread. A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.">or spread out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pê·nū (N-fdc:: 1cp) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">our hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zār (Adj-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">to a foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: lə·’êl (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">god,</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-10</a></span><br />If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a></span><br />You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a></span><br />Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">1 Kings 11:4-8</a></span><br />For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. / Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Isaiah 44:17-20</a></span><br />From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.” / They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. / And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">2 Kings 17:35-41</a></span><br />For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them. / Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him. / And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">Ezekiel 14:6</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3-7</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a></span><br />Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29-30</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. / Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a></span><br />So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;</p><p class="hdg">If we</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm">Psalm 44:17</a></b></br> All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-3.htm">Psalm 7:3-5</a></b></br> O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-5.htm">Job 31:5</a></b></br> If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;</p><p class="hdg">stretched</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-31.htm">Psalm 68:31</a></b></br> Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Exodus 9:29</a></b></br> And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; <i>and</i> the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth <i>is</i> the LORD'S.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22</a></b></br> And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-29.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/psalms/44-17.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/psalms/44-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/job/31-3.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/psalms/21-11.htm">Stretched</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/psalms/81-9.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/psalms/77-9.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/psalms/45-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/47-1.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/73-7.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/psalms/57-6.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/psalms/44-25.htm">Stretched</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">The church, in memory of former favors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm">complains of her present evils</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm">professing her integrity,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">she fervently prays for helpfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/44.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/44.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If we had forgotten the name of our God</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of remembering and honoring God's name, which represents His character and covenant relationship with His people. In the ancient Near Eastern context, names held significant power and meaning. Forgetting God's name implies a breach of the covenant, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Deuteronomy 8:19</a>, where forgetting God leads to following other gods. The Israelites were repeatedly warned against this in the Law (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The name of God, often represented as Yahweh, was central to Israel's identity and worship, distinguishing them from surrounding nations.<p><b>or spread out our hands to a foreign god</b><br>Spreading out hands is a gesture of prayer or worship, indicating devotion and supplication. In the cultural and historical context of ancient Israel, this act directed towards a foreign god would signify idolatry, a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). The Israelites were surrounded by nations with polytheistic practices, such as the Canaanites, who worshipped deities like Baal and Asherah. This phrase underscores the temptation and danger of syncretism, which the prophets frequently condemned (<a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11-13</a>). The act of turning to foreign gods is seen as spiritual adultery, a betrayal of the exclusive relationship between God and His people. This also foreshadows the New Testament teaching of fidelity to Christ, who fulfills the role of the one true mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons_of_korah.htm">The Sons of Korah</a></b><br>The authors of <a href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm">Psalm 44</a>, a group of Levitical singers and musicians who played a significant role in temple worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom this Psalm is addressed, representing the collective experience of God's chosen people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_gods.htm">Foreign gods</a></b><br>Refers to the idols and deities worshiped by surrounding nations, which Israel was repeatedly warned against following.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_name_of_god.htm">The Name of God</a></b><br>Represents the character and authority of Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The central place of worship for Israel, where the name of God was honored and sacrifices were made.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>The importance of remaining faithful to God and not turning to idols, whether physical or metaphorical.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry can take many forms today, such as materialism, power, or self-worship. We must guard our hearts against these modern "foreign gods."<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_name.htm">The Power of God's Name</a></b><br>Remembering and honoring the name of God is crucial. It signifies His presence, power, and promises in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly examine your life to ensure that no "foreign gods" have taken precedence over your relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>Engage with fellow believers to encourage one another in faithfulness and to hold each other accountable in worshiping God alone.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'the_lord_to_my_lord'_mean.htm">What does 'The LORD said to my Lord' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_15_5_align_with_deut._23_20.htm">Psalm 15:5 forbids charging interest; how does this align with other Old Testament passages that allow interest to foreigners (e.g., Deuteronomy 23:20)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_46_9__how_is_'no_other_god'_true.htm">Isaiah 46:9: How can we reconcile the claim that there is 'no other God' with the clear presence and worship of many deities in ancient Near Eastern culture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_31_with_god's_use_of_pagan_nations.htm">How do we reconcile Isaiah 31's call to trust God over foreign alliances with other passages where God uses pagan nations for His purposes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out</span> (rather, <span class="accented">spread out</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>our hands to a strange god</span>. If Israel had either forgotten the true God (see above, ver. 17) or fallen away to the worship of false or strange gods - then her ill success against her foreign enemies would have been fully accounted for, since it would only have been in accordance with the threatenings of the Law (<a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-23</a>); but as she had done neither of these things, her defeats and depressed condition seemed to the psalmist wholly unaccountable. We trace here the same current belief, which comes out so strongly in the Book of Job - the belief that calamities were, almost of necessity, punishments for sin; and that when they occurred, and there had been no known precedent misconduct, the case was abnormal and extraordinary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/44-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’i·mō·šā-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we had forgotten</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵaḥ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the name</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or spread out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(wan·nip̄·rōś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6566.htm">Strong's 6566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break apart, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our hands</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to a foreign</span><br /><span class="heb">זָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">god,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/44-20.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 44:20 If we have forgotten the name (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 44:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 44:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 44:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 44:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>