1. A maskil of Asaph.Attend, my people, to my teaching;listen to the words of my mouth.
2. I will open my mouth in a parable,unfold the puzzling events of the past.
3. What we have heard and know;things our ancestors have recounted to us.
4. We do not keep them from our children;we recount them to the next generation,The praiseworthy deeds of the Lord and his strength,the wonders that he performed.
5. God made a decree in Jacob,established a law in Israel:Which he commanded our ancestors,they were to teach their children;