With our own ears we have heard it, O God--- our ancestors have told us about it, about the great things you did in their time, in the days of long ago:

I think of days gone by and remember years of long ago.

I remember your judgments of long ago, and they bring me comfort, O LORD.

But then they remembered the past, the days of Moses, the servant of the LORD, and they asked, "Where now is the LORD, who saved the leaders of his people from the sea? Where is the LORD, who gave his spirit to Moses?

They say to themselves, "We will never fail; we will never be in trouble."

Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?

"Search the past, the time before you were born, all the way back to the time when God created human beings on the earth. Search the entire earth. Has anything as great as this ever happened before? Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?

In the future, when your son asks what this observance means, you will answer him, 'By using great power the LORD brought us out of Egypt, the place where we were slaves.

Gideon said to him, "If I may ask, sir, why has all this happened to us if the LORD is with us? What happened to all the wonderful things that our fathers told us the LORD used to do---how he brought them out of Egypt? The LORD has abandoned us and left us to the mercy of the Midianites."

Look for a moment at ancient wisdom; consider the truths our ancestors learned.

But let the ancient wise people teach you; listen to what they had to say:

With our own ears we have heard it, O God--- our ancestors have told us about it, about the great things you did in their time, in the days of long ago:

I think of days gone by and remember years of long ago.

I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

I will remember your great deeds, LORD; I will recall the wonders you did in the past.

I will think about all that you have done; I will meditate on all your mighty acts.

things we have heard and known, things that our ancestors told us.

We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the LORD's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.

Remember what happened long ago; acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me.