Psalms 78:1-8 - ESV Online

PSALMS 78:1-8

Tell the Coming Generation

A Maskil of Asaph.
78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;

incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 2

I will open my mouth in a parable;

I will utter dark sayings from of old, 3

things that we have heard and known,

that our fathers have told us. 4

We will not hide them from their children,

but tell to the coming generation

the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,

and the wonders that he has done.
5

He established a testimony in Jacob

and appointed a law in Israel,

which he commanded our fathers

to teach to their children, 6

that the next generation might know them,

the children yet unborn,

and arise and tell them to their children, 7

so that they should set their hope in God

and not forget the works of God,

but keep his commandments; 8

and that they should not be like their fathers,

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation whose heart was not steadfast,

whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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