1 My people, hear my instruction;

listen to the words from my mouth.h

2 I will declare wise sayings;

I will speak mysteries from the pasti—

3 things we have heard and known

and that our ancestors have passed down to us.j

4 We will not hide them from their children,

but will tell a future generation

the praiseworthy acts of the Lord,

his might, and the wondrous works

he has performed.k

5 He established a testimony in Jacob

and set up a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach to their childrenl

6 so that a future generation—

children yet to be born—might know.

They were to rise and tell their childrenm

7 so that they might put their confidence in God

and not forget God’s works,

but keep his commands.n

8 Then they would not be like their ancestors,

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation whose heart was not loyal

and whose spirit was not faithful to God.o

9 The Ephraimite archers turned back

on the day of battle.p

10 They did not keep God’s covenant

and refused to live by his law.q

11 They forgot what he had done,

the wondrous works he had shown them.r

12 He worked wonders in the sight of their ancestors

in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan.s

13 He split the sea and brought them across;

the water stood firm like a wall.t

14 He led them with a cloud by day

and with a fiery light throughout the night.u

15 He split rocks in the wilderness

and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.v

16 He brought streams out of the stone

and made water flow down like rivers.w