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A ^[a]Maskil of Asaph.

^(a)Listen, O my people, to my ^[b]instruction; ^(b)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will ^(c)open my mouth in a parable; I will utter ^(d)dark sayings of old,

Which we have heard and known, And ^(e)our fathers have told us.

We will ^(f)not conceal them from their children, But ^(g)tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , And His strength and His ^(h)wondrous works that He has done.

For He established a ⁽ⁱ⁾testimony in Jacob And appointed a ^(j)law in Israel, Which He ^(k)commanded our fathers That they should ^[c](l)teach them to their children,

^(m)That the generation to come might know, even ⁽ⁿ⁾the children yet to be born, That they may arise and ^(o)tell them to their children,

That they should put their confidence in God And ^(p)not forget the works of God, But ^(q)keep His commandments,

And ^(r)not be like their fathers, A ^(s)stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that ^(t)did not ^[d]prepare its heart And whose spirit was not ^(u)faithful to God.