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Psalm 78:3

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

1A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
5For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
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Hearing and knowing begin here with someone else telling, drawing attention to the people through whom knowledge of God's deeds has reached you.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 44:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their …Both psalms recall hearing from their fathers, who passed down accounts of what God had done.
Exodus 13:14–15It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, …Psalm 78 recalls what fathers told, while Exodus instructs a father to tell his son about God's deliverance from Egypt.
Exodus 13:8You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’Both passages describe fathers telling the next generation about God's deeds, with Exodus naming the departure from Egypt.
Exodus 12:26–27It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’Psalm 78 recalls what fathers told; Exodus records children asking what their parents' observance means.
Psalm 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.Both passages speak of hearing about God; Psalm 78 names the fathers who told, while Psalm 48 adds seeing.
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Someone's telling stands behind the hearing in this verse. Teaching passed from one generation to another carries the memory of what God has done.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).