Psalm 44:1 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.
David and his contemporaries have heard with their ears about the great works of salvation and deliverance that God did for their fathers. These works are recorded in the books of Exodus and Joshua and other places. The same God of grace and power is still with to do the same today. He saved them from their enemies, and He will deliver us today from our enemies.
How does he know? And why does he believe? Because he heard for himself the Word of salvation. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ [Romans 10:17].” We also are strengthened in our faith when we hear the Gospel, the works of God for our deliverance and salvation. On our earth, in our history, the Son of God became man to live, die, and rise for us and our salvation. We hear with our ears and are blessed and overjoyed. Hearing is seeing. Seeing is believing. Believing is being saved.
We never tire of hearing the gospel over and over, for it is that very Word that refreshes, renews, and reinvigorates us for the day and the week. “Tell me the old, old story.”