“"And the shadow of death has covered us" [Psalm 44:19]. For this mortality of ours is but the "shadow" of death. The true death is condemnation with the devil.”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 44
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19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
— Psalms 44:19 —
20If we have 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.