1 Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; extend your ears to the words of my mouth.2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.4 We will not hide them from their children, recounting to the following generation the praises of Jehovah, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.