5 For ^aHe established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That ^bthey should make them known to their children; ‡

6 ^aThat the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children, ‡

8 And ^amay not be like their fathers,
^bA stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation ^cthat did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God. ‡

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle. ‡