Psalms 44:20

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

"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;" - Psalms 44:20
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What does Psalms 44:20 mean?

The verse Psalms 44:20 in the King James Version of the Bible reads "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god." This verse is a part of the Book of Psalms, which is a collection of religious poems and hymns that are used in both…

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Remembering Our First Love: A Call Back to God

In Psalm 44:20, we read a deeply reflective statement: "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;" This verse summons us to examine our hearts and our commitments. It poses a thought-provoking question that deserves our serious…

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A Prayer for Remembrance and Restoration

O Sovereign Lord, As I come before You in prayer, my heart is heavy with the weight of our world’s distractions and the wandering of our spirits. Your Word in Psalm 44:20 echoes deeply within me: "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange…

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Psalms 44:20 - "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;"
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Psalms 78:44 - "And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink."
Psalms 105:44 - "And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;"
Psalms 44:16 - "For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger."
"Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob." - Psalms 44:4
"Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?" - Psalms 44:24
Psalms 44:26 - "Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake."
Psalms 44:21 - "Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart."
Psalms 106:44 - "Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:"
"Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people." - Psalms 44:14
Psalms 119:44 - "So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever."
Psalms 44:4 - "Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob."
Psalms 44:14 - "Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people."
Psalms 44:12 - "Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price."
Psalms 44:24 - "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?"
Psalms 44:6 - "For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me."
Psalms 44:25 - "For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth."
"As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me." - Psalms 18:44
Psalms 89:44 - "Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground."
Psalms 44:23 - "Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever."
Psalms 44:15 - "My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,"
Psalms 44:9 - "But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies."
Psalms 44:8 - "In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah."
Psalms 44:10 - "Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves."
Psalms 44:13 - "Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us."
Psalms 44:18 - "Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;"
Psalms 44:19 - "Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death."
Psalms 18:44 - "As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me."