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A Sacred Generational Trust
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse describes a sacred, active duty for each generation. Albert Barnes calls it a "trust" received from the past that must be faithfully passed to the future. This is not a passive hope but an active commitment to ensure the story of God's works is not hidden, corrupted, or lost.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 78:4
18th Century
Theologian
We will not hide them from their children - From their descendants, however remote. We of this generation will be faithful in handi…
John Calvin
On Psalms 78:4
16th Century
Theologian
We will not conceal them from their children in the generation to come. Some take the verb נכחד, nechached, in the Niphal conjuga…
John Gill
On Psalms 78:4
17th Century
Pastor
We will not hide them from their children
The children of the Jewish fathers, but faithfully publish and declare the…
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Matthew Henry
On Psalms 78:1–8
17th Century
Minister
These are called dark and deep sayings because they require careful examination. The law of God was given with a specific instruction to teach it d…