Psalms 78:1-11

1Listen, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].

2I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples]; I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

4We will not hide them from their children, But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

5For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

6That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born May arise and recount them to their children,

7That they should place their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

8And not be like their fathers— A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

10They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk according to His law;

11And they forgot His [incredible] works And His miraculous wonders that He had shown them.