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Psalms 44:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.


Psalms 44:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 44:218 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
שָׁ֭כַחְנוּšākaḥənw
we had forgottenverbH7911
at all
שֵׁ֣םšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וַ/נִּפְרֹ֥שׂwanipərōś
and we had spread outconjH6566
chop in pieces · lay open · scatter · spread (abroad ···
כַּ֝פֵּ֗י/נוּkapēynw
hands ournounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
לְ/אֵ֣לləʾēl
to a godpronH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
זָֽרzār
strangeadjH2114
place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 44:21

1. This Psalm is addressed “to the sons of Korah,” as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.” It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the “sons of His 'Passion.'” Now we have on this point a most certain and most evident testimony from the Apostle Paul; because that at the time when the Church was suffering under the persecutions of the Gentiles, he quoted…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 44 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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