"It is the livingwho givethanksto You, as I do today;A fathertellshis sonsaboutYour faithfulness.
"For I have chosenhim, sothat he may commandhis childrenand his householdafterhim to keepthe wayof the LORDby doingrighteousnessand justice,sothat the LORDmay bringupon AbrahamwhatHe has spokenabouthim."
I will not die,but live,And tellof the worksof the LORD.
Let my soullivethat it may praiseYou, And let Your ordinanceshelpme.
One generationshall praiseYour worksto another,And shall declareYour mightyacts.
I will praisethe LORDwhile I live;I will singpraisesto my GodwhileI have my being.
and that you may tellin the hearingof your son,and of your grandson,howI madea mockeryof the Egyptiansand howI performedMy signsamong them, that you may knowthat I am the LORD."
Whateveryour handfindsto do,do[it] with [all] your might;for thereis noactivityor planningor knowledgeor wisdomin Sheolwhereyou are going.
Tellyour sonsabout it, And [let] your sons[tell] their sons,And their sonsthe nextgeneration.
"We mustworkthe worksof Him who sentMe as longas it is day;nightis comingwhenno onecanwork.
"You shall teachthem to your sons,talkingof them when you sitin your houseand when you walkalong the roadand when you liedownand when you riseup.
"[Remember] the dayyou stoodbeforethe LORDyour Godat Horeb,when the LORDsaidto me, 'Assemblethe peopleto Me, that I may let them hearMy wordssothey may learnto fearMe allthe daysthey liveon the earth,and that they may teachtheir children.'
"Onlygiveheedto yourself and keepyour souldiligently,sothat you do not forgetthe thingswhichyour eyeshave seenand they do not departfrom your heartallthe daysof your life;but makethem knownto your sonsand your grandsons.
You shall teachthem diligentlyto your sonsand shall talkof them when you sitin your houseand when you walkby the wayand when you liedownand when you riseup.
