Psalms 44:1
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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
For the director of music. A contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard{H8085} with our ears,{H241} O God,{H430} Our fathers{H1} have told{H5608} us, What work{H6467} thou didst{H6466} in their days,{H3117} In the days{H3117} of old.{H6924}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
To the chief Musician{H5329}{H8764)} for the sons{H1121} of Korah{H7141}, Maschil{H4905}{H8688)}. We have heard{H8085}{H8804)} with our ears{H241}, O God{H430}, our fathers{H1} have told{H5608}{H8765)} us, what work{H6467} thou didst{H6466}{H8804)} in their days{H3117}, in the times{H3117} of old{H6924}.
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 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
- Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
- Ps 42:1 : 1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.
- Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I have shown your strength to this generation, and your power to everyone that is to come.
- Ps 77:5 : 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- Exod 12:24-27 : 24 And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?' 27 That you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Ps 105:1-2 : 1 O give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk of all his wondrous works.
- Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father shall make known Your truth to the children.
- Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
- Num 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies upon the border of Moab. 16 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Num 21:27-30 : 27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
- Deut 6:20 : 20 And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?
- Judg 6:13 : 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
- Job 8:8-9 : 8 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:)
- Job 15:17-19 : 17 I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare: 18 What wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden it: 19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
- Ps 22:31 : 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done this.
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3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
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2 How You drove out the heathen with Your hand, and planted them; how You afflicted the peoples and cast them out.
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7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
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4 Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them.
- Joel 1:2-32 verses72%
2 Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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9 And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea;
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32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
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1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
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17 O God, you have taught me from my youth; and until now have I declared your wondrous works.
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17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way;
19 Though You have severely 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;
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20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah.
9 We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your temple.
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45 Which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,
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20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
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17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
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40 That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
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4 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
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22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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11 See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.
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10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much older than your father.
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14 Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
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25 Of old you have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
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34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
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7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression:
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6 We have sinned with our ancestors, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
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12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
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7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities.
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8 In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah.
9 But You have cast us off and put us to shame; and do not go forth with our armies.
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8 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:
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24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?
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6 Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the woods.
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9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
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23 Awake, why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off forever.
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5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I contemplate the work of Your hands.
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5 Through You will we push down our enemies: through Your name will we tread them under who rise up against us.
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4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you.
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10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
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15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.