Revised Version 1895

Psalms 78:2-8

2I willopenאֶפְתְּחָ֣ה'ef.te.ChahH6605mymouthפִּ֑יPiH6310in aparableבְמָשָׁ֣לve.ma.ShalH4912; I willutterאַבִּ֥יעָה'a.Bi.'ahH5042darkH2420sayingsH2420of old:

3WhichH834weH834haveheardשָׁ֭מַעְנוּSha.ma'.nuH8085andknownH3045, and ourfathersוַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּva.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1havetoldסִפְּרוּ־si.pe.ru-H5608usH3045.

4Weאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834willnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808hideנְכַחֵ֨ד׀ne.kha.ChedH3582them from theirchildrenמִבְּנֵיהֶ֗םmi.be.nei.HemH1121,tellingמְֽ֭סַפְּרִיםMe.sa.pe.rimH5608to thegenerationלְד֥וֹרle.DorH1755tocomeאַחֲר֗וֹן'a.cha.RonH314thepraisesתְּהִלּ֣וֹתte.hi.LotH8416of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and hisstrengthוֶעֱזוּז֥וֹve.'e.zu.ZoH5807, and hiswondrousH6381worksH6381that he hathdoneעָשָֽׂה׃'a.SahH6213.

5For heestablishedוַיָּ֤קֶםvai.Ya.kemH6965atestimonyעֵד֨וּת׀'e.DutH5715inJacobבְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290, andappointedשָׂ֤םsamH7760alawוְתוֹרָה֮ve.to.RahH8451inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥לbe.yis.Ra.'ElH3478,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834hecommandedצִ֭וָּהTzi.vahH6680ourfathersאֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1, that they shouldmakeH7760themknownלְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗םle.ho.di.'AmH3045to theirchildrenלִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃liv.nei.HemH1121:

6That thegenerationדּ֣וֹרDorH1755tocomeאַ֭חֲרוֹן'A.cha.ronH314mightknowיֵדְע֨וּ׀ye.de.'UH3045them, even thechildrenבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121which should bebornיִוָּלֵ֑דוּyi.va.Le.duH3205; who shouldariseיָ֝קֻ֗מוּya.Ku.muH6965andtellוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608them to theirchildrenלִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃liv.nei.HemH1121:

7That they mightsetוְיָשִׂ֥ימוּve.ya.Si.muH7760their hope inGodבֵֽאלֹהִ֗יםve.lo.HimH430, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808forgetיִ֭שְׁכְּחוּYish.ke.chuH7911theworksמַֽעַלְלֵי־ma.'a.lei-H4611ofGodH430, butkeepיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yin.Tzo.ruH5341hiscommandmentsוּמִצְוֹתָ֥יוu.mitz.vo.TavH4687:

8And mightnotוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808be as theirfathersכַּאֲבוֹתָ֗םka.'a.vo.TamH1, astubbornסוֹרֵ֪רso.RerH5637andrebelliousוּמֹ֫רֶ֥הu.Mo.RehH4784generationדּוֹר֮dOrH1755; agenerationדּ֭וֹרDorH1755thatsetהֵכִ֣יןhe.KhinH3559notלֹא־lo'-H3808theirheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820aright, and whosespiritרוּחֽוֹ׃ru.ChoH7307wasnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808stedfast withGodאֵ֣ל'elH410.

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