“For (A)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
    and consider what (B)the fathers have searched out.

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“Ask the former generation(A)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,

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18 (what wise men have told,
    without hiding it (A)from their fathers,

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18 what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors(A)

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(A)Remember the days of old;
    consider the years of many generations;
(B)ask your father, and he will show you,
    your elders, and they will tell you.

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Remember the days of old;(A)
    consider the generations long past.(B)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(C)

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The Lord Alone Is God

32 “For (A)ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.

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The Lord Is God

32 Ask(A) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(B) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(C) Has anything so great(D) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

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For (A)whatever was written in former days was written for our (B)instruction, that through endurance and through (C)the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(A) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

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11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but (A)they were written down for our instruction, (B)on whom the end of the ages has come.

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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)

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19 The living, the living, he thanks you,
    as I do this day;
(A)the father makes known to the children
    your faithfulness.

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19 The living, the living—they praise(A) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(B)
    about your faithfulness.

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things that we have heard and known,
    that our (A)fathers have told us.
We will not (B)hide them from their children,
    but (C)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and (D)the wonders that he has done.

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things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(A)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(B)
    we will tell the next generation(C)
the praiseworthy deeds(D) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(E) he has done.

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Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. (A)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.

44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
    (B)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
    (C)in the days of old:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 44[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]

We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
    our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
  2. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:

“I am young in years,
    and you are (A)aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
    to declare my opinion to you.
I said, ‘Let days speak,
    and many years teach wisdom.’

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So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:

“I am young in years,
    and you are old;(A)
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.
I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’(B)

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10 (A)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
    older than your father.

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10 The gray-haired and the aged(A) are on our side,
    men even older than your father.(B)

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12 Wisdom is with (A)the aged,
    and understanding in length of days.

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12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(A)
    Does not long life bring understanding?(B)

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