¹ Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
    incline your ears to the words of my mouth.^(A)
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,^(B)
3 things that we have heard and known,
    that our ancestors have told us.^(C)
4 We will not hide them from their children;
    we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
    and the wonders that he has done.^(D)