Psalms 77:5

What does Psalms 77:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 77:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Context

v.4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

v.5This passage

v.6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Micah 7:14

    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Psalms 143:5

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  • Deuteronomy 32:7

    Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

  • Psalms 44:1

    We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

  • Psalms 74:12

    Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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