Psalms 44:18

18 Our hearts never turned away. Our feet never left your path.

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 because of the words of those who insult and slander us, because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise.
18 Our hearts never turned away. Our feet never left your path.
19 Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
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