We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
Parallel translations
- WEB We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
- KJV We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
- NKJV We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
- NASB We will not conceal them from their children, But we will tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His power and His wondrous works that He has done.
- NLT We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.
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Quick answer
They will not hide these things but tell the coming generation the praises and wondrous deeds of the LORD.
Overview
The psalmist insists that God's mighty works must be deliberately taught to the next generation. Faithful witness preserves the knowledge of God's glory and prevents spiritual amnesia. This generational transmission of the gospel remains the church's calling, that children may know the saving deeds of the Lord.
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Cross-references · 16
- Deut 11:19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Joel 1:3Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Ps 145:4–6One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Deut 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Ps 71:17–18O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Ps 10:1–5Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Josh 4:6–7to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- Josh 4:21–24Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
- Exod 13:14In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exod 13:8And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
- Exod 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
- Ps 9:14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Isa 63:7–19I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- Ps 26:7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
- Job 15:18what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
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