Psalms 44 · Verse 18

Psalms 44:18

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Psalms 44:18, King James Version

Psalms 44:18 in other translations

BSBOur hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
WEBOur heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
ASVOur heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
YLTWe turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
DARBYOur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
BBEOur hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;
WebsterOur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

What does Psalms 44:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:17-19

17-19. They had not apostatized totally--were still God's people.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 44:17-26

In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our…

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Psalms 44:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
נָס֣וֹגna.Sogit had turned backH5472
אָח֣וֹר'a.ChorbackwardsH268
לִבֵּ֑נוּli.Be.nuheart ourH3820
וַתֵּ֥טva.Tetand it had turned asideH5186
אֲשֻׁרֵ֗ינוּ'a.shu.Rei.nusteps ourH838
מִנִּ֥יmi.NifromH4480
אָרְחֶֽךָ\׃'a.re.Che.khapath yourH734

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 44:18

  • Psalms 119:51

    The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  • Psalms 119:157

    Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 78:57

    But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

  • Zephaniah 1:6

    And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.

  • Job 23:11-12

    My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • Job 34:27

    Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

  • Jeremiah 11:10

    They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  • Luke 17:32

    Remember Lot’s wife.

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heart.
78:57; 125:5; 1Ki 15:5; Job 34:27; Jer 11:10; Zep 1:6; Lu 17:32
have.
119:51,157; Job 23:11,12; 1Co 15:58; 1Th 2:10
steps. or, goings.

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Context

  • Psalms 44:17

    All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

  • 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.

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Psalms 44:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No se ha vuelto atrás nuestro corazón, ni tampoco se han apartado nuestros pasos de tus caminos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tout cela nous est arrivé, et nous ne t’avons pas oublié, et nous n’avons pas été infidèles à ton alliance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nicht ist unser Herz zurückgewichen, noch sind unsere Schritte abgebogen von deinem Pfade;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem: propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi.