Psalm 78.God and His People.

Listen, my people, to my teaching,
and pay attention to what I say.

2 I am going to use wise sayings
and explain mysteries from the past,

3 things we have heard and known,
things that our ancestors told us.

4 We will not keep them from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the Lord’s power and his great deeds
and the wonderful things he has done.

5 He gave laws to the people of Israel
and commandments to the descendants of Jacob.
He instructed our ancestors
to teach his laws to their children,

6 so that the next generation might learn them
and in turn should tell their children.

7 In this way they also will put their trust in God
and not forget what he has done,
but always obey his commandments.

8 They will not be like their…