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Psalms 78:5-8

5For he establishedוַיָּ֤קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965a testimonyעֵד֨וּת׀'e.DutH5715in Jacobבְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290,and appointedשָׂ֤םsamH7760a lawוְתוֹרָה֮ve.to.RahH8451in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥לbe.yis.Ra.'ElH3478,which he commandedצִ֭וָּהTzi.vahH6680our fathersאֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1,that they should make them knownלְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗םle.ho.di.'AmH3045to their childrenלִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃liv.nei.HemH1121:

6That the generationדּ֣וֹרDorH1755to comeאַ֭חֲרוֹן'A.cha.ronH314might knowיֵדְע֨וּ׀ye.de.'UH3045them, eventhe childrenבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121whichshould be bornיִוָּלֵ֑דוּyi.va.Le.duH3205; whoshould ariseיָ֝קֻ֗מוּya.Ku.muH6965and declareוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608themto their childrenלִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃liv.nei.HemH1121:

7That they might setוְיָשִׂ֥ימוּve.ya.Si.muH7760their hopeכִּ֫סְלָ֥םkis.LamH3689in Godבֵֽאלֹהִ֗יםve.lo.HimH430,and not forgetיִ֭שְׁכְּחוּYish.ke.chuH7911the worksמַֽעַלְלֵי־ma.'a.lei-H4611of Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410,but keepיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yin.Tzo.ruH5341his commandmentsוּמִצְוֹתָ֥יוu.mitz.vo.TavH4687:

8And might not be as their fathersכַּאֲבוֹתָ֗םka.'a.vo.TamH1,a stubbornסוֹרֵ֪רso.RerH5637and rebelliousוּמֹ֫רֶ֥הu.Mo.RehH4784generationדּוֹר֮dOrH1755;a generationדּ֭וֹרDorH1755thatsetH3559not their heartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820arightH3559,and whose spiritרוּחֽוֹ׃ru.ChoH7307was not stedfastנֶאֶמְנָ֖הne.'em.NahH539with Godאֵ֣ל'elH410.

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