For He established a (A)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (B)law in Israel,
Which He (C)commanded our fathers
That they were to [a](D)teach them to their children,
(E)So that the generation to come would know, (F)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and (G)tell them to their children,
So that they would put their confidence in God
And (H)not forget the works of God,
But (I)comply with His commandments,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:5 Lit make them known

He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(C)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(D) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(E)

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For 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:

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

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