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Psalm 77:5

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
4You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.
5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
7“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
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Notice

The turn toward ancient years comes during a sleepless lament, where looking back leaves the speaker still asking whether God will show favor again.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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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 passages consider ancient years; Deuteronomy adds the counsel to ask fathers and elders about those days.
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 look toward ancient times, while Isaiah turns that backward look into a plea for the LORD’s strength.
Psalm 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 …Both look back to old days; Psalm 44 names the works of God passed down through fathers’ accounts.
Psalm 143:5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.Both describe reflection on old days; Psalm 143 names God’s doings as the subject of that meditation.
Psalm 77:10Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”Both speak of considering past years within the same lament, with verse 10 naming the right hand of the Most High.
Isaiah 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 …Both refer to old days; Isaiah describes those days through God’s love and his care for an afflicted people.
Micah 7:14–15Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in …Both look back to old days; Micah asks for the flock to feed again as it did then.
Psalm 74:12–18Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.Both reach into the past, with Psalm 74 confessing God as King of old who works salvation.
Jeremiah 2:6They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, …The shared thread is attention to the past: the psalm considers ancient days, while Jeremiah describes people failing to recall God’s guidance.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. doubt. waiting.

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Read Psalm 77:3–7 and name what remains unresolved

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Encouragement

Remembering earlier days may leave your present questions unresolved. Here, a troubled person considers the past while still seeking God; the lament has room for that unfinished search.

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