1. An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
2. I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
3. That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
4. We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.
5. And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
6. So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
7. And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
8. And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.