One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations –

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.