Psalms 78:2-8

2I will tell you something to make you wise. Then you will understand things that happened long ago.

3We have heard about these things and we know them. Our ancestors have told them to us,

4and we will not hide them from our children. We will tell our children and our grandchildren why they should praise the Lord. We will tell them about his strength, and about the great things that he has done.

5He gave his laws to Jacob's descendants, the Israelite people. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children.

6Then the children would know about them, even the children still to be born. When the time came, they too would tell their children.

7Then their family would trust in God. They would not forget what God had done. They would obey his commands.

8So they would not be like their ancestors, who turned against God. Those people refused to obey God, and they did not trust him to be their guide.