“For(A) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

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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,
Not hiding anything received (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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“Remember(A) 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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32 “For (A)ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask (B)from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.

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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 things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the [a]patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

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  1. Romans 15:4 perseverance

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 [a]all these things happened to them as examples, and (A)they were written for our [b]admonition, (B)upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:11 NU omits all
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:11 instruction

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 man, he shall praise You,
As I do this day;
(A)The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

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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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Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
(A)We will not hide them from their children,
(B)Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works 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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Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor

To the Chief Musician. A (A)Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(B)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:

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  1. Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil

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

So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:

“I am (A)young in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.
I said, [a]‘Age should speak,
And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

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  1. Job 32:7 Lit. Days, i.e., years

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,
Much 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 aged men,
And with [a]length of days, understanding.

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  1. Job 12:12 Long life

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

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