4We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.
5He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;
6So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;
7So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;
8And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.
9The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.
10They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;
