Discovery BoxPsalms 78:5-6 
Context78:5 He established a rule 1 in Jacob;
he set up a law in Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to make his deeds known to their descendants, 2
78:6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,
might know about them.
They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 3
Psalms 109:13
Context109:13 May his descendants 4 be cut off! 5
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 6
Psalms 132:11
Context132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; 7
he will not go back on his word. 8
He said, 9 “I will place one of your descendants 10 on your throne.
1 tn The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’edut) refers here to God’s command that the older generation teach their children about God’s mighty deeds in the nation’s history (see Exod 10:2; Deut 4:9; 6:20-25).
2 tn Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the
3 tn Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.”
4 tn Or “offspring.”
5 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
6 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”
7 tn Heb “the
8 tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”
9 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
10 tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”
