I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Parallel translations
- WEB I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
- BSB I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
- 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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Quick answer
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.
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- Ps 103:18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- Ps 77:11–12I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
- Ps 105:5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
- 2 Pet 2:4–9For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- Deut 1:35–36Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
- Deut 4:3–4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
- Ps 77:5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- Num 16:3–35And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
- Exod 14:29–30But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Ps 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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