Psalms 44:21

“Shall not God search this out? etc.] Undoubtedly he would, was it so, and expose it, and punish for it; as he will the Balaamites and children of Jezebel, (<660218>Revelation 2:18-23); this seems to be an appeal to God for the truth of all that the church had said concerning her steadfastness and integrity under the most trying exercises; for he knoweth the secrets of the heart; whether the heart is turned back, or there is any inclination to apostatize from God, or his name is forgotten in it; as well as whether in fact the hand has been stretched out, or prayer made to a strange god, (<241709>Jeremiah 17:9,10).”

“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. For he knoweth the secrets of the heart - What…”

“Shall: Psa. 139:1-24; Job 31:4, Job 31:14, Job 34:21, Job 34:22; Jer 17:10, Jer 23:24 knoweth: Jos 22:22, Jos 22:23; Ecc 12:14; Rom 2:16; Co1 4:5; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23 Psalms 44:22”