(A)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.

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One generation(A) commends your works to another;
    they tell(B) of your mighty acts.(C)

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Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
(A)We will not hide them from their children,
(B)Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

For (C)He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That (D)they should make them known to their children;
(E)That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;

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things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(A)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(B)
    we will tell the next generation(C)
the praiseworthy deeds(D) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(E) he has done.
He decreed statutes(F) for Jacob(G)
    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,(H)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(I) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(J)

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18 Now also (A)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.

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18 Even when I am old and gray,(A)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(B) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(C)

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19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You,
As I do this day;
(A)The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

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19 The living, the living—they praise(A) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(B)
    about your faithfulness.

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(A)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(A)

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Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor

To the Chief Musician. A (A)Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(B)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:
(C)You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 44:2 Gentiles, heathen

Psalm 44[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]

We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
    our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.(C)
With your hand you drove out(D) the nations
    and planted(E) our ancestors;
you crushed(F) the peoples
    and made our ancestors flourish.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
  2. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

21 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: (A)“When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, saying, (B)‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on (C)dry land’; 23 for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, (D)which He dried up before us until we had crossed over, 24 (E)that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is (F)mighty, that you may (G)fear the Lord your God [a]forever.”

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  1. Joshua 4:24 Lit. all days

21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(A) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(B) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(C) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(D) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(E) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(F)

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  1. Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds

26 (A)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, (B)‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people (C)bowed their heads and worshiped.

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26 And when your children(A) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(B) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(C) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(D)

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14 (A)So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, (B)‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that (C)the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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14 “In days to come, when your son(A) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.(B) 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’(C)

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