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2 I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;
3 Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us.
4 We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done.
5 Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their children;
7 That they may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe his commandments;
8 And that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The children of Ephraim, like well-armed archers, that turn round on the day of battle,