I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
Parallel translations
- WEB I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
- KJV I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
- NKJV I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.
- NASB I have remembered Your judgments from of old, Lord, And comfort myself.
- NLT I meditate on your age-old regulations; O Lord, they comfort me.
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The psalmist remembers God's ancient judgments and finds comfort in them. It matters because recalling God's long-proven faithfulness brings strength in the present.
Overview
By remembering God's ordinances from of old, the psalmist comforts himself in distress. The enduring, time-tested character of God's word steadies his soul. This grounding in God's unchanging faithfulness anticipates the gospel assurance that the God who acted of old has acted decisively for us in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
- Ps 77:11–12I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
- Ps 105:5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- 2 Pet 2:4–9For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Deut 1:35–36“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
- Deut 4:3–4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Ps 77:5I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- Num 16:3–35They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
- Exod 14:29–30But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Ps 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
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