known ¹  from long ago. ² 

This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me ¹  from their earliest history until now ²  and because they ³  have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. ⁴  I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁵ 

Some of the disciples from Caesarea ¹  came along with us too, and brought us to the house ²  of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, ³  with whom we were to stay.

I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last. ¹ 

From eternity I was appointed, ¹  from the beginning, from before the world existed. ² 

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, ¹ 

You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. ¹  For I know that you are very deceitful; ²  you were labeled ³  a rebel from birth.

From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away ¹  all that our ancestors ²  worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. ¹  But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. ²  Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

“Surely you know ¹  that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed ²  on the earth,

but from my youth I raised the orphan ¹  like a father, and from my mother’s womb ²  I guided the widow! ³ 

Have you ever in your life ¹  commanded the morning, or made the dawn know ²  its place,

Remember ¹  your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner. ² 

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring ¹  your amazing deeds.

A song of ascents. ²  “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

In the morning, at the earliest sign of daylight, the king got up and rushed to the lions’ den.

“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged. ¹ 

And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the Lord will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! ¹  Look! He thunders loudly. ²