Psalm 78:1–8
1 My people, hear my teaching;j
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;k
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.l
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;m
we will tell the next generationn
the praiseworthy deedso of the Lord,
his power, and the wondersp he has done.
5 He decreed statutesq for Jacobr
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,s
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forgett his deeds
but would keep his commands.u
8 They would not be like their ancestorsv—
a stubbornw and rebelliousx generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.