⁷ Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
^(A)Ask your father and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

⁵ I have considered the ^(A)days of old,
The years of long ago.

⁹ In all their distress ^[a](A)He was distressed,
And the ^(B)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(C)love and in His mercy He ^(D)redeemed them,
And He ^(E)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.