1. Now allow us to praisefamous people and our ancestors,generation by generation.
2. The Lord created great glory,his majesty from eternity.
3. They ruled in their kingdoms,and made a name with their power,some giving counselby their intelligence;some making pronouncementsin prophecies;
4. some leading the peopleby their deliberations,and by their understandingof the people’s learning,giving wise words in their instruction;
5. others devising musical melodies,and composing poems;
6. rich people endowed with strength,living in peace in their dwellings—
7. all of these were honoredin their generation,a source of pride in their time.
8. Some of them left behind a nameso that their praises might be told.