78:5 He established a rule 4 in Jacob;
he set up a law in Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to make his deeds known to their descendants, 5
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. 6
78:7 Then they will place their confidence in God.
They will not forget the works of God,
and they will obey 7 his commands.
103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Do not forget all his kind deeds! 8
1 tn Heb “on the bone of this day.” The expression means “the substance of the day,” the day itself, the very day (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 95).
2 tn The word is “armies” or “divisions” (see Exod 6:26 and the note there; cf. also 7:4). The narrative will continue to portray Israel as a mighty army, marching forth in its divisions.
3 tn See Exod 12:14.
4 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).
5 tn Heb “which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons.” The plural suffix “them” probably refers back to the
6 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.”
7 tn Heb “keep.”
8 tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the