Psalms 44:21

"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,"

Key Reflection

This verse warns against apostasy and idolatry, reminding the people that true worship involves remembering the one true God rather than turning to false deities. The act of spreading out hands symbolizes offering prayer or devotion to something other than the true God, highlighting the severity of such a spiritual betrayal.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Shall not God search this out? -That is, If this had been the case, it would be known to God. If, as a nation, we had been given to idolatry, or if our hearts had been secretly alienated from the true God, though there had been no open manifestation of apostasy, yet that could not have been concealed from him. The question here asked implies a solemn declaration on the part of the psalmist that this was not so; or that there was no such national apostasy from God, and no such prevalence of idolatry in the land as to account for what had occurred. The reason for the calamities which had come upon them, therefore, must be found in something else.

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