New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 78:1-7

1 1 2ListenH238, my peopleH5971, to my 3instructionH8451; 4InclineH5186 your earsH241 to the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.2I will 5openH6605 my mouthH6310 in a parableH4912; I will tellH5042 6riddlesH2420 of oldH6924,3WhichH834 we have heardH8085 and knownH3045, And 7our fathersH1 have toldH5608 us.4We will 8not concealH3582 them from their childrenH1121, But we will 9tellH5608 the generationH1755 to comeH314 the praisesH8416 of the LordH3068, And His powerH5807 and His 10wondrousH6381 worksH6381 that He has doneH6213.

5For He establishedH6965 a 11testimonyH5715 in JacobH3290, And appointedH7760 a 12lawH8451 in IsraelH3478, WhichH834 He 13commandedH6680 our fathersH1 That they were to 14 15teachH3045 them to their childrenH1121,6 16SoH4616 thatH4616 the generationH1755 to comeH314 would knowH3045, 17the childrenH1121 yet to be bornH3205, That they would ariseH6965 and 18tellH5608 them to their childrenH1121,7So that they would putH7760 their confidenceH3689 in GodH430 And 19not forgetH7911 the worksH4611 of GodH410, But 20complyH5341 withH5341 His commandmentsH4687,

Notes

1. Psalms 78:1 Is 51:4 ↩
2. Psalms 78:1 Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ↩
3. Psalms 78:1 Or law, teaching ↩
4. Psalms 78:1 Is 55:3 ↩
5. Psalms 78:2 Ps 49:4; Matt 13:35 ↩
6. Psalms 78:2 Prov 1:6 ↩
7. Psalms 78:3 Ps 44:1 ↩
8. Psalms 78:4 Ex 12:26; Deut 6:7; 11:19; Job 15:18; Ps 145:4; Is 38:19; Joel 1:3 ↩
9. Psalms 78:4 Ex 13:8, 14; Ps 22:30 ↩
10. Psalms 78:4 Job 37:16; Ps 26:7; 71:17 ↩
11. Psalms 78:5 Ps 19:7; 81:5; Is 8:20 ↩
12. Psalms 78:5 Ps 147:19 ↩
13. Psalms 78:5 Deut 6:4-9 ↩
14. Psalms 78:5 Lit make them known ↩
15. Psalms 78:5 Deut 4:9 ↩
16. Psalms 78:6 Ps 102:18 ↩
17. Psalms 78:6 Ps 22:31 ↩
18. Psalms 78:6 Deut 11:19 ↩
19. Psalms 78:7 Deut 4:9; 6:12; 8:14 ↩
20. Psalms 78:7 Deut 4:2; 5:1, 29; 27:1; Josh 22:5 ↩