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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 shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
 27And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
 28This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the *God who 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 against thy covenant: (Psa. 44:17)
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Psa. 7:3‑5• 3Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
 4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
 5Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. (Psa. 7:3‑5)
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Job 31:5‑40• 5If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
 6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
 7If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
 8Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
 9If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,
 10Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
 11For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges:
 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
 13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
 14What then should I do when *God riseth up? and if he visited, what should 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 caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
 18(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)
 19If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
 21If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!
 23For calamity from *God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
 24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
 26If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
 27And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
 28This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the *God who is above.
 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
 30(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
 31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?--
 32The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.
 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
 34Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, …
 35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
 36Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me as a crown;
 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.
 38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:5‑40)
stretched.
Psa. 68:31• 31Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God. (Psa. 68:31)
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Ex. 9:29• 29And Moses said to him, When I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's. (Ex. 9:29)
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1 Kings 8:22• 22And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens. (1 Kings 8:22)
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Job 11:13• 13If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy 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,