Psalms 44:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 44:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 44:20 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 44:20 — KJV
“If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;”
— Psalms 44:20 (KJV)
Psalms 44:20 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 44:20
“And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 44:20: name, god, strange
“When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 44:20: god, hands, strange
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Psalms 44:20: forgotten, god, strange
“Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; toward...: or, in this place”
Shares key themes with Psalms 44:20: name, stretched, strange
“Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:”
Shares key themes with Psalms 44:20: forgotten, god, strange
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