Psalm 78:1-7

Contemporary English Version

(A special psalm by Asaph.)

What God Has Done for His People

78 My friends, I beg you
    to listen as I teach.
²I will give instruction
    and explain the mystery
    of what happened long ago.
³These are things we learned
    from our ancestors,
⁴    and we will tell them
    to the next generation.
We won’t keep secret
    the glorious deeds
    and the mighty miracles
    of the Lord.

⁵God gave his Law
to Jacob’s descendants,
    the people of Israel.
And he told our ancestors
    to teach their children,
⁶so that each new generation
would know his Law
    and tell it to the next.
⁷Then they would trust God
    and obey his teachings,
    without forgetting anything
    God had done.