Psalms 44:1

our fathers have told us In obedience to the often repeated injunction to hand on the memory of God's marvellous works on behalf of His people. See Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26 f.; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:20; Joshua 4:6; Joshua 4:21. Cp. Judges 6:13; Psalms 78:3. Observe the importance attached to oral tradition as a means of perpetuating the memory of the past. Much of the early history of Israel was doubtless preserved by oral tradition for a long period before it was committed to writing.

in the times of old Better, even the days of old. Cp. Isaiah 37:26 (A.V., of ancient times).