Translations
Modern
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Traditional
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Literal
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god,
Latin
Si obliti sumus nomen Dei nostri, et si expandimus manus nostras ad deum alienum,
Original
Hebrew
English
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Notes
This national lament after a defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms. It reflects on an unspecified moment in Israel's history and calls on God for salvation. The people:
recite God's past acts of rescue (Psalm 44:1–3),
recognize God's power to save (Psalm 44:4–8),
describe their humiliation in exile (Psalm 44:9–16),
claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (Psalm 44:17–22), and
cry for vindication (Psalm 44:23–26).
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
David Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of
Topics
Backsliders: General Scriptures Concerning Forgetting God: Trials should not Lead To Idolatry: Denunciations Against Murmuring: Against God Sin: Known to God