Psalms 44:1
in Psalms 44We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
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ASV
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.
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.
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This verse in Psalms 44
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe expression, We have heard with our ears, is not to be considered as a redundant form of speech, but one of great weight. It is designed to point out that the grace of God towards their fathers was so renowned, that no doubt could be entertained respecting it.
This site's exposition
We have heard with our ears
on Psalms 44:1-3
The fathers told what God did in their days. His hand drove out the nations and planted Israel there, and verse 3 puts the victory in God's right hand, His arm, and the light of His face. Delitzsch reads the denial of sword and arm as a correction of national pride.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
(5.) Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. See how Gideon insists upon it ( Judg. vi. 13 ): Where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of?
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ | ʾelohim | O God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּ | beazeneinu | with ears our | H241 → | 187 times |
| שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ | shama'nu | we have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּ | ʾavoteinu | ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| סִפְּרוּ־ | siperu- | they have recounted | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לָ֑נוּ | lanu | to us | ||
| פֹּ֥עַל | poal | [the] deed[s] | H6467 → | 37 times |
| פָּעַ֥לְתָּ | paalta | [which] you did | H6466 → | 57 times |
| בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם | vimeihem | in days their | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בִּ֣ימֵי | bimei | in days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| קֶֽדֶם׃ | kedem | antiquity | H6924 → | 87 times |
אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀O God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּwith ears our
beazeneinuH241 →187 times
שָׁמַ֗עְנוּwe have heard
shama'nuH8085 →1159 times
אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּancestors our
ʾavoteinuH1 →1212 times
סִפְּרוּ־they have recounted
siperu-H5608 →159 times
לָ֑נוּto us
lanu
פֹּ֥עַל[the] deed[s]
poalH6467 →37 times
פָּעַ֥לְתָּ[which] you did
paaltaH6466 →57 times
בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗םin days their
vimeihemH3117 →2304 times
בִּ֣ימֵיin days of
bimeiH3117 →2304 times
קֶֽדֶם׃antiquity
kedemH6924 →87 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joel 1:3Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 145:4
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Psalms 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 78:3–8
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Deuteronomy 6:7
Through
Deuteronomy 6:20In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
it leads to
- Exodus 13:14
In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 13:14
Through
Judges 6:13“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the…
it leads to
- Psalms 77:7–9
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
- Isaiah 59:1–2
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- Psalms 77:7–9
About Psalms
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; John Calvin, Commentaries and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.