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Psalms 44:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The sons of Korah address God directly as they open a communal poem that grounds present worship in ancestral history.
The words — שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ (sha.Ma'.nu) means "we have heard," and סִפְּרוּ (si.pe.ru) means "they have recounted," establishing the verse's reliance on transmitted oral history.
The thread — The motif of inherited testimony runs through Psalms 78:3, Exodus 13:14, and Deuteronomy 6:20, where each generation receives and relays accounts of divine action.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that current understanding depends on verified ancestral reports, demanding honest assessment of whether present reality matches past divine intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 78:3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 6:20 In 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?”
- 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 LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- Joel 1:3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Psalms 42:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 77:5 I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- Numbers 21:14 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
- Psalms 22:31 They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
- Psalms 105:1 Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.