1. My friends, I beg youto listen as I teach.
2. I will give instructionand explain the mysteryof what happened long ago.
3. These are things we learntfrom our ancestors,
4. and we will tell themto the next generation.We won't keep secretthe glorious deedsand the mighty miraclesof the Lord.
5. God gave his Lawto Jacob's descendants,the people of Israel.And he told our ancestorsto teach their children,
6. so that each new generationwould know his Lawand tell it to the next.
7. Then they would trust Godand obey his teachings,without forgetting anythingGod had done.