³ things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.^(A)
4 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.
⁵ He decreed statutes^(F) for Jacob^(G)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
⁶ so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,^(H)
    and they in turn would tell their children.

¹ 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)
2 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)

¹ Great is the Lord,^(A) and most worthy of praise,^(B)
    in the city of our God,^(C) his holy mountain.^(D)