1 My people, give ear, attend to my word,
2 in parables new deep truths shall be heard;
the wonderful story ancestors made known
3 to children succeeding by us must be shown.
4 In our instructions we gladly record
the praises, the works, the might of the LORD,
5 for he has commanded that what he decreed
be taught to generations that succeed. STB
6 Let children thus learn from history’s light
to hope in our God and walk in his sight,
7 the God of their forebears to fear and obey,
and ne’er to forget his deeds nor turn away.
8 The story be told, to warn and restrain,
of hearts that were hard, rebellious, and vain,
9 of soldiers who faltered when battle was near,
10 who kept not God’s covenant nor walked in his fear.
The psalm continues at Psalm 78B.
– Psalter, 1912, alt.
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