1 aListen, O my people, to my 1instruction;

bIncline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will aopen my mouth in a parable;

I will utter bdark sayings of old,

3 Which we have heard and known,

And aour fathers have told us.

4 We will anot conceal them from their children,

But btell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,

And His strength and His cwondrous works that He has done.

5 For He established a atestimony in Jacob

And appointed a blaw in Israel,

Which He ccommanded our fathers

That they should 1dteach them to their children,

6 aThat the generation to come might know, even bthe children yet to be born,

That they may arise and ctell them to their children,

7 That they should put their confidence in God

And anot forget the works of God,

But bkeep His commandments,

8 And anot be like their fathers,

A bstubborn and rebellious generation,

A generation that cdid not 1prepare its heart

And whose spirit was not dfaithful to God.