1. Let us praise the men of glory, and our ancestors in their generation.
2. The Lord has wrought great glory, by his own magnificence, from ancient times.
3. There are those who rule with their authority, men of great virtue, who are gifted with prudence. There are those who announce among the prophets, with the dignity of prophets.
4. And there are those who rule over the present generation, by the virtue of prudence, with very holy words for the people.
5. There are those who, by their skill, compose musical themes, so as to set the verses of Scripture to music.
6. There are men rich in virtue, who make a study of beauty, who live in peacefulness in their houses.
7. All these obtained glory in their generations, and they had praise in their days.
8. They left behind a name for those who were born of them, so that their praises might be described.
9. But for some of them, there is no memorial. They have passed away as if they had never existed; and they have become as if they had never been born, and their sons along with them.
10. But these were men of mercy, whose pious deeds have not failed.
11. Good things continue with their offspring.
12. Their descendents are a holy inheritance, and their offspring stand firm in the covenants.
13. And because of them, their sons remain even unto eternity. Their offspring and their glory will not be forsaken.
14. Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives on, from generation to generation.