2 for I will speak to you in a parable.I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;we will tell the next generationabout the glorious deeds of the lord,about his power and his mighty wonders.
5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;he gave his instructions to Israel.He commanded our ancestorsto teach them to their children,
6 so the next generation might know them—even the children not yet born—and they in turn will teach their own children.
7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,not forgetting his glorious miraclesand obeying his commands.
8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,refusing to give their hearts to God.