1. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2. I will open my mouth in a parable;I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3. things that we have heard and known,that our fathers have told us.
4. We will not hide them from their children,but tell to the coming generationthe glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,and the wonders that he has done.
5. He established a testimony in Jacoband appointed a law in Israel,which he commanded our fathersto teach to their children,