Psalms

Psalm 44:20–22

²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

²¹would not God have discovered,

since He knows the secrets of the heart?

²²Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.^e

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’i·mō·šā-	Conjunction	H518 if
we had forgotten	שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ	šā·k̲aḥ·nû	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H7911 forget
the name	שֵׁ֣ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of our God	אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ	’ĕ·lō·hê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H430 God
or spread out	וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ	wan·nip̄·rōś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural	H6566 spread out, spread
our hands	כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ	kap·pê·nū	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common plural	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
to a foreign	זָֽר׃	zār	Adjective - masculine singular	H2114 be a stranger
god	לְאֵ֣ל	lə·’êl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
would not	הֲלֹ֣א	hă·lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
God	אֱ֭לֹהִים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
have discovered	זֹ֑את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
since	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
He	ה֥וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
knows	יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ	yō·ḏê·a‘	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3045 know
the secrets	תַּעֲלֻמ֥וֹת	ta·‘ă·lu·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H8587 hidden thing, secret
of the heart	לֵֽב׃	lêḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
for Your sake	עָ֭לֶיךָ	‘ā·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5921 height
we face death	הֹרַ֣גְנוּ	hō·raḡ·nū	Verb - QalPass - Perfect - first person common plural	H2026 kill, slay
all day long	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
we are considered	נֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ	neḥ·šaḇ·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H2803 think, account
as sheep	כְּצֹ֣אן	kə·ṣōn	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular construct	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
to be slaughtered	טִבְחָֽה׃	ṭiḇ·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2878 thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 44:20 Psalm 81:9 · Job 11:13 · Psalm 7:3–5 · Job 31:5–40 · Psalm 68:31 · Deuteronomy 6:14

Psalm 44:21 Jeremiah 17:10 · Jeremiah 23:24 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · Job 34:21–22 · Hebrews 4:12–13 · Job 31:4 · 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Psalm 139:1–24 · Joshua 22:22–23 · Job 31:14 · Romans 2:16 · Revelation 2:23

Psalm 44:22 Romans 8:36 · Isaiah 53:7 · Psalm 44:11 · John 16:2–3 · 1 Corinthians 4:9 · John 15:21 · 1 Corinthians 15:30–31 · Matthew 5:10–12 · 1 Kings 19:10 · 1 Samuel 22:17–19 · Revelation 11:3–9 · Revelation 17:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.