Psalms 78:1-11

1Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

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

4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

5For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

6That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,

7That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;

8And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

10They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law,

11And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.