“For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:”
The didactic framework becomes explicit: "He established a decency in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children." Here the transmission of both God's mighty works and God's commandments becomes a matter of covenant obligation; the generations are bound together by the command to teach. The term "decency" (edut) can mean testimony or law, suggesting that God's work in history and God's law are aspects of a unified revelation. The hierarchy of transmission—God commanded the ancestors to teach children—establishes divine authority at the foundation of the pedagogical chain.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:5
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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