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Psalms 77:5
I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to God during a sleepless night of acute distress, positioned between a complaint about insomnia (v.4) and a deliberate nighttime recollection of past worship (v.6).
The words — חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּי (chi.Shav.ti) literally means "I considered" or "I thought about," and עוֹלָמִֽים (o.la.Mim) translates to "antiquities" or "ages past."
The thread — This backward gaze runs through Deuteronomy 32:7, Isaiah 51:9, and Psalm 143:5, where recalling past divine acts functions as a structural response to present uncertainty.
Why it lands — The verse commands a deliberate mental pivot from immediate trouble to historical evidence of God's work, using recorded memory as a factual anchor against current despair.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Psalms 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- 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.
- Psalms 74:12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Micah 7:14 Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.