American Standard Version
Psalms 44:1
1We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told us,What work thou didst in their days,In the days of old.
Psalms 44:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:
Context of Psalms 44:1
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. 2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. 3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:1 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּ שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם בִּ֣ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 44:1
- Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Psalms 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
- Psalms 71:18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
- Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
- Psalms 105:1Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
- Exodus 12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
- Exodus 13:14And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
- Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
- Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
- Numbers 21:14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,
- Job 8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
- Job 15:17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare
Commentaries on Psalms 44:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1We have heard with our ears - The psalmist begins with recounting the marvellous interpositions of God in behalf of the Jewish people, that he might the better strengthen his confidence, and form a ground on which to build his expectation of additional help.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1We have heard with our ears - That is, it has been handed down by tradition. Our fathers have told us - Our ancestors. They have delivered it down from generation to generation. The word rendered “told” means properly to grave, or to insculp on a stone; and thence, to write. Then it comes to mean to number, to count, to recount, to tell, to declare. The word would be applicable to any method of making the thing known, either by hieroglyphic figures in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A petition for succour and relief. Verses 1-8 Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own strength or merit, but by God's favour and free grace. The less praise this allows us, the more comfort it affords, that we may see all as coming from the favour of God. He fought for Israel, else they had fought in vain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1We have heard … the work You did: The story of redemption includes God's favor and power in his past acts of rescue (see Psalm 78:1–4; see also Psalms 105–106).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. This period is that of the settlement of Canaan (Jos 24:12; Jud 6:3). have told--or, "related" (compare Ex 10:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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