¹⁸ And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men
    who have heard the same thing from their fathers—

⁸ “Just ask the previous generation.
    Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

¹⁹ Only the living can praise you as I do today.
    Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

³     stories we have heard and known,
    stories our ancestors handed down to us.
⁴ We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.
⁵ For he issued his laws to Jacob;
    he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children,
⁶ so the next generation might know them—
    even the children not yet born—
    and they in turn will teach their own children.

¹⁸ Now that I am old and gray,
    do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
    your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

¹⁰ On our side are aged, gray-haired men
    much older than your father!