Psalms 44:18

18 We have not been disloyal to you; we have not disobeyed your commands.

Psalms 44:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 44:18

Our heart is not turned back
To its original hardness, blindness, and bondage, to its former sin and folly, to cherish, gratify, and fulfil its lusts and desires; not from God, from love to him, faith in him, and desires after him; nor from his worship and service; their trials had no such influence upon them as to cause them to apostatize from God, neither in heart, nor in action; neither have our steps declined from thy way;
from the way of his commandments, from the paths of holiness, truth, and faith, being directed and guided therein by the counsel of the Lord, and kept and preserved by his power.

Psalms 44:18 In-Context

16 from hearing the sneers and insults of my enemies and those who hate me.
17 All this has happened to us, even though we have not forgotten you or broken the covenant you made with us.
18 We have not been disloyal to you; we have not disobeyed your commands.
19 Yet you left us helpless among wild animals; you abandoned us in deepest darkness.
20 If we had stopped worshiping our God and prayed to a foreign god,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.