Psalms 44:19
“Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.”
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Psalms 44:19 Context
17All this is come vpon vs; yet haue wee not forgotten thee, neither haue we dealt falsly in thy couenant. 18Our heart is not turned backe: neither haue our steps declined from thy way, 19Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death. 20If wee haue forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God: 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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Other Translations for Psalms 44:19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- King James Version
Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
- Basic English Bible
Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Darby Bible
Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.
- Webster's Bible
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- World English Bible
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(44:20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 44:19
44:19 Broken us - By inflicting upon us one breach after another, thou hast at last brought us to this pass. The place - A place extremely desolate, such as dragons love, #Isa 13:21|,22, and therefore full of horror, and danger. Covered us - With deadly horrors and miseries.