the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Psalms 77:5
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I give thought to the days of old,The years of long ago.
I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago.
I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past: and on the yeres of the olde worlde.
I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.
I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
I thought upon the days of old, the years of bygone ages.
I kept thinking about the past, about things that happened long ago.
I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
I haue considered the dayes of old, the yeeres of auncient times.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Then remembred I the tymes of olde, & the yeares that were past.
I have considered the ancient days, The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.
I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.
I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
I thought about the days of old, about ancient times.
I think of times gone by, of those years long ago.
You hold my eyelids [and keep me from sleeping]; I am too troubled to speak.
Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time.
I have considered the days of old; I am mindful of the years of ancient times.
I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.
I have thought about the days of old, the years of long ago.
I considered the days of old, and remembered ancient years.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
I considered days of old, years long in the past.
I consider the days of old, and remember the years of long ago.
I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by-gone ages;
(76-6) I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years.
I think about the days from long ago, the years of ancient times.
I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago.
I keep thinking about the old days, the years of long ago.
I think of days gone by and remember years of long ago.
I consider days of old, years long past.
I thouyte elde daies; and Y hadde in mynde euerlastinge yeeris.
I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.
I consider the days of old, I remember the years long ago.
Contextual Overview
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.
I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me! 2 When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted. 3 I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude 4 You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray! 5 I think of the good old days, long since ended, 6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now. 7 Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me? 8 Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude 10 And I said, "This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me."Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 74:12-18, Psalms 143:5, Deuteronomy 32:7, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 63:9-15, Micah 7:14, Micah 7:15
Reciprocal: Job 35:14 - yet Psalms 77:10 - the years Psalms 119:52 - remembered Isaiah 63:11 - he remembered Jeremiah 2:6 - Where Lamentations 1:7 - remembered Haggai 1:9 - Why
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have considered the days of old,.... Either the former part of his life, the various occurrences of it, how it had been with him in time past, what experience he had had of the divine goodness; so the Syriac version renders it, "I have considered my days of old"; or the preceding age, and what has happened in that, which his ancestors had acquainted him with; or rather many ages past, from the days of Adam to the then present time; at least it may include the Israelites coming out of Egypt, their passage through the Red sea and wilderness, the times of the judges, and what befell them in their days, and how they were delivered out of their troubles; as appears from the latter part of the psalm, and with which agrees the following clause:
the years of ancient times; or, "of ages" n; of times long ago past; it is very useful to read the history of the Bible, with respect to ancient times, and so the ecclesiastical history of ages past, and observe the faith and dependence of the Lord's people upon him, and their deliverance out of trouble by him; which may be a means of strengthening faith in him, and of relief under present trials; but frequently the goodness of former times is only observed as an aggravation of the badness of the present ones, and of trouble in them; see Ecclesiastes 7:10, the Targum interprets the whole of happy days and times, paraphrasing it thus,
"I have mentioned the good days which were of old, the good years which were of ages past.''
n שנות עולמים "annos seculorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have considered the days of old - Rather, “I do consider;” that is, “I think upon.” This refers to his resolution in his perplexity and trouble; the method to which he resorted in examining the subject, and in endeavoring to allay his troubles. He resolved to look at the past. He asked what was the evidence which was furnished on the subject by the former dealings of God with himself and with mankind; what could be learned from those dealings in regard to the great and difficult questions which now so perplexed his mind.
The years of ancient times - The records and remembrances of past ages. What is the testimony which the history of the world bears on this subject? Does it prove that God is worthy of confidence or not? Does it or does it not authorize and justify these painful thoughts which pass through the mind?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 77:5. I have considered the days of old — חשבתי chishshabti, I have counted up; I have reckoned up the various dispensations of thy mercy in behalf of the distressed, marked down in the history of our fathers.
