1. Give ear, O my people, to my torah; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2. I will open my mouth in a mashal; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3. Which we have heard and known, and Avoteinu have told us.
4. We will not hide them from their banim, recounting to the dor acharon the tehillot Hashem, and His power, and His nifla'ot (wonderful works) that He hath done.
5. For He established edut in Ya'akov, set torah in Yisroel, which He commanded Avoteinu, that they should make them known to their banim;
6. So that the dor acharon might know them, even the banim which should be born; who should arise and recount them to their banim;