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 That which we have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, * we will not hide from their children.

We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the, * and the wonderful works he has done.

He gave his decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel, * which he commanded them to teach their children;

That the generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn; * that they in their turn might tell it to their children;

So that they might put their trust in God, * and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments;

And not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, * a generation whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, * turned back in the day of battle;

They did not keep the covenant of God, * and refused to walk in his law;

They forgot what he had done, * and the wonders he had shown them.

He worked marvels in the sight of their forefathers, * in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

He split open the sea and let them pass through; * he made the waters stand up like walls.