Psalms 44:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the director of music. A contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

To the mĕnaṣṣēaḥ for bĕnê-qōraḥ maśkîl

Grammar Details

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: preposition lamed + participle, masculine singular - to the director/chief musician
• *bĕnê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons of
• *qōraḥ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Korah
• *maśkîl*: noun, masculine singular - contemplative poem/skilful psalm

Word Meanings

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: director/chief musician/overseer
• *maśkîl*: contemplative poem/instructive psalm/skilful composition

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, Maschil{H8688)}. We have heard{H8804)} with our ears, O God, our fathers have told{H8765)} us, what work thou didst{H8804)} in their days, in the times of old.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We haue herde with or eares (o God) or fathers haue tolde vs, what thou hast done in their tyme, of olde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To him that excelleth. A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. Wee haue heard with our eares, O God: our fathers haue tolde vs the workes, that thou hast done in their dayes, in the olde time:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To the chiefe musition, a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach. We haue hearde with our eares O Lorde: our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  > We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days, In the days of old.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil]. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

• World English Bible (2000)

  We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 13:14-15 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both human and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb and redeem every firstborn of my sons.'
• Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done. 5 He established a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children, 6 so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,
• Ps 42:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
• Ps 77:5 : 5 You have held my eyelids open; I am troubled and cannot speak.
• Exod 12:24-27 : 24 You shall observe this event as a statute for you and your children forever. 25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ceremony. 26 When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' 27 You are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
• Ps 105:1-2 : 1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name, make His deeds known among the nations. 2 Sing to Him, make music for Him, tell of all His wonderful works.
• Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.
• Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
• Num 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.' 15 The ravines of the valleys that extend to the settlement of Ar and rest along the border of Moab. 16 From there they went to Beer. This is the well where the LORD said to Moses, 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'
• Num 21:27-30 : 27 That is why the poets said: 'Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon’s city be restored.' 28 For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of the high places of the Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites. 30 But we overthrew them; Heshbon as far as Dibon is destroyed. We devastated Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
• Deut 6:20 : 20 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'
• Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him, 'Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.'
• Job 8:8-9 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors; 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Job 15:17-19 : 17 I will show you; listen to me, and let me declare what I have seen: 18 What wise men have declared, and have not hidden from their ancestors, 19 To whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
• Ps 22:31 : 31 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.