Psalms 78:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃

Transliteration

Not nᵉḵaḥēḏ from their mibbᵉnêhem to lᵉḏôr ʾaḥărôn mᵉsappᵉrîm tᵉhillôt YHWH and his weʿĕzûzô and his wᵉnip̄lᵉʾôtāyw ʾăšer ʿāśâ

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *nᵉḵaḥēḏ*: piel imperfect, 1st person plural - we will hide/conceal
• *mibbᵉnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from their children/sons
• *lᵉḏôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to/for a generation
• *ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - later/coming/last
• *mᵉsappᵉrîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - telling/recounting/declaring
• *tᵉhillôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - praises of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *weʿĕzûzô*: waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his strength/might
• *wᵉnip̄lᵉʾôtāyw*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his wonders/marvelous deeds
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he did/made

Word Meanings

• *nᵉḵaḥēḏ*: we will hide/conceal/withhold
• *ḏôr*: generation/age/period/lifetime
• *ʾaḥărôn*: later/following/coming/last
• *tᵉhillôt*: praises/acts worthy of praise/glorious deeds
• *ʿĕzûzô*: strength/might/power
• *nip̄lᵉʾôtāyw*: wonders/marvelous deeds/miracles

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:19 : 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
• Deut 6:7 : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Ps 145:4-6 : 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
• Josh 4:6-7 : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
• Josh 4:21-24 : 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
• Job 15:18 : 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
• Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 10:1-5 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
• Ps 26:7 : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
• Isa 63:7-9 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
• Exod 12:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
• Exod 13:8 : 8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
• Exod 13:14 : 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;