1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you;

pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.

2 I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said.

They will be sayings about things that happened long ago,

things that were difficult to understand [MET],

3 things that we have heard and known previously,

things that our parents and grandparents told us.

4 We will tell these things to our children [LIT],

and we will also tell to our grandchildren

about Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.