^{2 Ref} I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

^{3 Ref} That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

^{4 Ref} We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

^{5 Ref} And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

^{6 Ref} So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,