Psalms 44:20

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“If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,”

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BSBPD

“If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 44:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
  2. Deuteronomy 6:14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
  3. 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
  4. Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
  5. Job 31:5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
  6. Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
  7. Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
  8. Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
  9. Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
  10. Psalms 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
  11. Psalms 81:9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

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