Psalms 78:5-12

⁵For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make known to their children;

⁶So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;

⁷That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;

⁸And might not be, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation,—A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.

⁹The children of Ephraim were like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs in the day of battle.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

¹¹And forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders he had shown them.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.