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“Just ask the previous generation.
    Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

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

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18 And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men
    who have heard the same thing 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 the days of long ago;
    think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
    Inquire of 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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There Is Only One God

32 “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?

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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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Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.

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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 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

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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 Only the living can praise you as I do today.
    Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

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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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    stories we have heard and known,
    stories our ancestors handed down to us.
We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.

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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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Psalm 44

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
    our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
    in days long ago:

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Footnotes

  1. 44:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical 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

Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,

“I am young and you are old,
    so I held back from telling you what I think.
I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak,
    for wisdom comes with age.’

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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 On our side are aged, gray-haired men
    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 belongs to the aged,
    and understanding to the old.

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

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