Psalms 78:4 · KJV
“We will not hide {them} from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”
— Psalms 78:4
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Psalms 78 — Context
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide {them} from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6That the generation to come might know {them, even} the children {which} should be born; {who} should arise and declare {them} to their children:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and {let} your children {tell} their children, and their children another generation.
Psalms 145:4-6
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}
Psalms 71:17-18
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Psalms 10:1-5
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?
Joshua 4:6-7
That this may be a sign among you, {that} when your children ask {their fathers} in time to come, saying, What {mean} ye by these stones? {in time...: Heb. to morrow}