Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way Apostasy begins at the Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way. Apostasy begins at the heart, then passes to the steps. Compare on this verse, Psalms 119:157. The Church's profession of faithfulness to God's covenant is true only in the main. She is conscious of smaller infringements of it, which justify temporary chastisements. But what she urges is, that the permanent continuance of the pagan's triumph would be inconsistent with God's faithfulness to His believing people. Compare Psalms 44:23, "cast us not off forever," and Psalms 44:26, "Arise ... for thy mercies' sake," not for our merits.