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- O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
- I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old-
- what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.
- We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
- He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
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- Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
- For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
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- so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
- Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
- They would not be like their forefathers-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
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- That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
- That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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