Psalms 78:6
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Cross References
Exodus 10:2and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD.
Joshua 22:24and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
Psalms 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
Psalms 71:18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, thy might to every one that is to come.
Psalms 102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9
The Importance of Religious Instruction. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 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 hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our… Read the whole commentary →