“O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, for I will speak to you in a parable…We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders…He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them—even the children not yet born—and they in turn will teach their own children. So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands” (Psalm 78:1-7, NLT).

The lyrics of a 1970s folk song say to teach your children well and feed them on your dreams. That’s the message of this psalm.

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