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Psalms 44:17–21

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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;
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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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.

From verse 19

  1. Psalms 23:4Rank 1 from verse 19
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    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  2. Job 3:5Rank 2 from verse 19
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    5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  3. Isaiah 34:13–14Rank 3 from verse 19
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    13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

    14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

  4. Jeremiah 14:17Rank 4 from verse 19
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    17¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  5. Job 30:29Rank 5 from verse 19
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    29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

From verse 20

  1. Psalms 81:9Rank 1 from verse 20
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    9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

  2. Job 11:13Rank 2 from verse 20
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    13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

  3. Deuteronomy 6:14Rank 3 from verse 20
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    14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

  4. Job 31:5–40Rank 4 from verse 20
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    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 neighbour’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.

  5. Psalms 68:31Rank 5 from verse 20
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    31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

From verse 21

  1. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 1 from verse 21
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  2. Jeremiah 23:24Rank 2 from verse 21
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    24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

  3. Ecclesiastes 12:14Rank 3 from verse 21
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    14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

  4. Job 34:21–22Rank 4 from verse 21
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    21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

    22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  5. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 5 from verse 21
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 44:18

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 44:19

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sore

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Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dragons

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Large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.

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

COMBINED MEANING

covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 44:20

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

COMBINED MEANING

god

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1. A deity or object worshipped as a god. 2. A ruler, judge, or spiritual power bearing the title god.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 44:21

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

search

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Sense 1: To seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know. Sense 2: A careful examination or inquiry made to find or know.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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