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What we have heard and learned[a]
that which our ancestors[b] have told us—
we will not hide from their[c] descendants.
We will tell the next generation
about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,[d]
about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:3 tn Or “known.”
  2. Psalm 78:3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 5, 8, 12, 57).
  3. Psalm 78:4 tn The pronominal suffix refers back to the “fathers” (“our ancestors,” v. 3).
  4. Psalm 78:4 tn Heb “to a following generation telling the praises of the Lord.” “Praises” stand by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt worship. Cf. Ps 9:14.