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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Psalm 78
² I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
³ Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
⁵ For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children,
⁶ That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children,
⁷ That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,
⁸ And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
⁹ The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
¹⁰ They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;
¹¹ They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them.
¹² He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.