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Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.
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I am going to use wise sayings 1 and explain mysteries from the past,
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things we have heard and known, things that our ancestors told us.
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We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the Lord's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.
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He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children,
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so that the next generation might learn them and in turn should tell their children.
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In this way they also will put their trust in God and not forget what he has done, but always obey his commandments.