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Psalm 44:1

For 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.

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.
2You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
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Notice

The fathers’ stories make God’s work in earlier days part of their children’s prayer, raising the question of what faith passes from one generation to another.

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What account of God’s work, if any, has reached you through an older Christian?

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What difference do you notice between hearing about God’s past work and witnessing his work yourself?

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 42:1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.Both titles name the sons of Korah, and both prayers address God: one recalls his work, while the other expresses longing.
Deuteronomy 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.Both name the “days of old” and describe fathers telling a younger generation about the past.
Psalm 78:3–6which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.Both describe an account heard from fathers, making the spoken memory of an earlier generation central.
Exodus 13:14–15It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, …Both describe fathers telling children what God did; Exodus names his deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt.
Habakkuk 3:2LORD, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In …Both prayers begin from hearing about God’s deeds; Habakkuk then asks God to renew his work.
Joshua 4:6that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’Psalm 44 recalls what fathers told; Joshua anticipates children asking about stones that serve as a sign.
Judges 6:13Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, …Both recall God’s works as told by fathers; Gideon asks where those works are amid Israel’s present trouble.
Joel 1:3Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.Both connect generations through telling, with parents passing on an account for their children to hear.
Psalm 90:16Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.Both link God’s work with successive generations: Psalm 44 remembers what fathers saw, while Psalm 90 asks that children see his glory.
Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who …Both recall the “days of old”; Isaiah appeals to God’s past strength in cutting Rahab and piercing the monster.
2 Samuel 7:22Therefore you are great, LORD God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.Both address God on the basis of what people have heard with their ears about him.
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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Ask an older Christian what they learned of God’s work

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Encouragement

Your prayers need not begin with something you have witnessed yourself; this prayer begins with what others told of work God had done before the speakers’ time.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).