Psalms 78:2-14

²I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

³That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

⁴We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

⁵And 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.

⁶So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

⁷And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

⁸And 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.

⁹Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

¹⁰They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

¹¹And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

¹²Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.

¹³He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

¹⁴And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.