I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- BSB I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- NKJV I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
- NASB I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago.
- NLT I think of the good old days, long since ended,
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Asaph turns his thoughts to the days of old and the years long past.
Overview
In his distress, the psalmist begins to look backward to God's former dealings. This deliberate remembering marks a turning point from despair toward hope. Recalling God's past faithfulness is a vital spiritual discipline, anchoring the troubled soul in what God has proven Himself to be.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 32:7Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- Ps 143:5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
- Ps 44:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
- Isa 63:9–15In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Ps 74:12–18Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
- Mic 7:14–15Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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