KJV King James Version
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 44:19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
WEB World English Bible
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
ASV American Standard Version
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Surrounding context — Psalm 44
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
Psalm 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.Jeremiah 14:17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.Isaiah 34:13-14And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls.Job 30:29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.Psalm 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.Psalm 74:13-14Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.Isaiah 35:7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes.Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Ezekiel 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.Psalm 60:1-3To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.Revelation 13:2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.Revelation 13:11-13And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,Psalm 38:8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.Job 10:21-22Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Psalm 44:19
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →