I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

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.

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I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(B)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(C)
    we will tell the next generation(D)
the praiseworthy deeds(E) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(F) he has done.

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That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(A)
    and they in turn would tell their children.

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