Psalms 44:18

18 our hearts were never false, 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 Gossip and ridicule fill the air, people out to get me crowd the street.
17 All this came down on us, and we've done nothing to deserve it.
18 our hearts were never false, our feet never left your path.
19 Do we deserve torture in a den of jackals? or lockup in a black hole?
20 If we had forgotten to pray to our God or made fools of ourselves with store-bought gods,
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