^{2 Ref} I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

^{3 Ref} Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

^{4 Ref} We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

^{5 Ref} For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

^{6 Ref} That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,

^{7 Ref} That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

^{8 Ref} And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

^{9 Ref} The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.