Psalms 78:6

6 so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,

Psalms 78:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:6

That the generation to come might know them
Not only notionally, but spiritually and experimentally; which is the case, when human teachings are attended with the spirit of wisdom and revertion in the knowledge of divine truths; for the truths of the Gospel are unknown to men; the Gospel is hidden wisdom, the wisdom of God in a mystery; the Bible is a sealed book, the doctrines of it are riddles and dark sayings; the ministry of the word is the means of knowledge, which become effectual when attended with the Spirit and power of God:

even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare
them to their children;
and so be transmitted from age to age: it is the will of God, that, besides private instructions, there should be a standing ministry kept up in all ages, to the end of the world; and he will have some that shall receive the Gospel, and profess his name; there has been and will be a succession of regenerate persons; instead of the fathers come up the children, a seed to serve the Lord, accounted to him for a generation; the seed and the seed's seed of the church, from whose mouth the word of God shall never depart; but they shall declare it one to another, by which means it shall be continued to the latest posterity, ( Psalms 22:30 Psalms 22:31 ) ( Isaiah 59:21 ) .

Psalms 78:6 In-Context

4 We will not hide [them] from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done.

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children,

6 so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,

7 that they might set their confidence in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments,

8 and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.