For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah. Maschil.}\par\par\tab We have heard with our ears, O God,\par\tab Our fathers have told us,\par\tab What work thou didst in their days,\par\tab In the days of old.
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?