I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. vv.2-4
Read chapter 78
The law of God and all that He did for Israel was to be remembered and passed on from generation to generation. Both good things and bad things were to be remembered so that they wouldn't forget what they had learned. This psalm speaks clearly and plainly to a large crowd. Though it's called a parable doesn't mean that it is confusing but more means of a weighty message; just as dark sayings of old isn't in the words themselves dark but whats contained in them "concerning God’s transcendent goodness to an unworthy people, and their unparalleled ingratitude for, and abuse of, such eminent favors, and their stupid ignorance and insensibleness under such excellent and constant teachings of God’s word and works, are indeed prodigious and hard to be believed." This wasn't just one particular time but 'of old', a great measure worn out by men's minds. Just was we see in our government of learning from the past to not make the same mistake again, but often times the same thing does happen again just in a different form. We need to learn and accept man's faults and grasp God's grace that we don't fall in to the same repetition of rebellion and returning. What have you shared with the next generation? How can you? What is something you've learned from the generation before you that you want to make sure doesn't repeat?
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