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Psalms 44:1

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 44:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. The Law required all Israelites to teach their children the past history of the nation, and especially the mercies which had been vouchsafed to it (see ; , ; , , etc.

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