Psalms 78:2-6
2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;I will make insightful observations about the past. ▼
▼ Heb “I will open with a wise saying my mouth, I will utter insightful sayings from long ago.” Elsewhere the Hebrew word pair חִידָה+ מָשָׁל (mashal + khidah) refers to a taunt song (Hab 2:6), a parable (Ezek 17:2), proverbial sayings (Prov 1:6), and an insightful song that reflects on the mortality of humankind and the ultimate inability of riches to prevent death (Ps 49:4).
3 What we have heard and learned ▼
▼ Or “known.”
– that which our ancestors ▼ have told us –
4 we will not hide from their ▼ descendants.
We will tell the next generation
about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, ▼
about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
5 He established a rule ▼ in Jacob;
he set up a law in Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to make his deeds known to their descendants, ▼
6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,
might know about them.
They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. ▼
▼ Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.”
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