Psalm 78:6

Modern

…that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

Traditional

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

Literal

…so that a following generation would know them—the sons to be born—to arise and recount to their sons,

Latin

…ut cognoscat generatio altera: filii qui nascentur et exsurgent, et narrabunt filiis suis,

Hebrew

English

…that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

The telling of the story should motivate God’s people to obey what he commanded (Deuteronomy 6:4–9).

The introduction is an invitation to learn wisdom.

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Joel 1:3
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
Psalm 102:18
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
Deuteronomy 4:10
The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
Psalm 145:4
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
Psalm 90:16
May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
Psalm 22:31
They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
Esther 9:28
These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Psalm 48:13
…consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
Psalm 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Joshua 22:24–25
But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?