That the [a]posterity might know it, and the children, which should be born, should stand up, and declare it to their children.

That they might [b]set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And not to be as their [c]fathers, a disobedient and rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful unto God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:6 He showeth wherein the children should be like their fathers: that is, in maintaining God’s pure Religion.
  2. Psalm 78:7 He showeth wherein the use of this doctrine standeth: in faith, in the meditation of God’s benefits, and in obedience.
  3. Psalm 78:8 Though these fathers were the seed of Abraham and the chosen people, yet he showeth by their rebellion, provocation, falsehood, and hypocrisy, that the children ought not to follow their examples.

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