Psalms 78:2-6

2I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past  —

3things we have heard and known and that our ancestors have passed down to us.

4We 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.

5He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children

6so that a future generation — children yet to be born — might know. They were to rise and tell their children