Psalms 78:3

3 that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

Psalms 78:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:3

Which we have heard and known
The change of number from "I" to "we" have made some think that the disciples of Christ are here introduced speaking; but there is no need to suppose that, since our Lord uses the same form of speech, ( John 3:11 ) ,

and our fathers have told us;
this may not only regard the Jewish ancestors, from whom our Lord descended according to the flesh, and so refer to the following account of the wonderful things done for the people of Israel; but also the divine Father of Christ, from whom, as his only begotten Son that lay in his bosom, and as Mediator, and the Angel of the great council, he heard and became acquainted with the secrets and mysteries of grace, and with his Father's mind and will; all which he declared and made known to his apostles, and in so doing used them as his friends, ( John 1:18 ) ( 15:15 ) and so the apostles of Christ, what they had from him their everlasting Father, and who had used to call them his children, even what they had seen, and heard, and learned, they made known to others, ( Acts 4:20 ) .

Psalms 78:3 In-Context

1 Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,

3 that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

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,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fathers"