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Psalms 44:17–18

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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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From verse 17

  1. Daniel 9:13Rank 1 from verse 17
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    13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

  2. Deuteronomy 6:12Rank 2 from verse 17
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    12Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  3. Deuteronomy 8:14Rank 3 from verse 17
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    14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  4. Ezekiel 16:59Rank 4 from verse 17
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    59For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

  5. Ezekiel 20:37Rank 5 from verse 17
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    37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

From verse 18

  1. Psalms 119:51Rank 1 from verse 18
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    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  2. Psalms 119:157Rank 2 from verse 18
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    157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  3. Job 23:11–12Rank 3 from verse 18
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    11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  4. Psalms 78:57Rank 4 from verse 18
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    57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

  5. Zephaniah 1:6Rank 5 from verse 18
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    6And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.

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Psalms 44:17

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Psalms 44:18

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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declined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of decline, meaning to turn, bend, or depart aside from a way, word, judgment, duty, or course; to refuse or fall away from following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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44:1WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

44:2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

44:3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

44:15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

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44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

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44:19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

44:26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

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