Psalms 44:21

21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Psalms 44:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
ESV
21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
NLT
21 God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart.
MSG
21 Wouldn't God have figured this out? We can't hide things from him.
CSB
21 wouldn't God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Psalms 44:21 In-Context

19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 139:1-2; S 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39; Proverbs 15:11; Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 17:10
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