'Generation' in the Bible

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—from generation to generation without calamity.”

You, Lord, will guard us;You will protect us from this generation forever.

Their descendants will serve Him;the next generation will be told about the Lord.

Such is the generation of those who seek Him,who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of His heart from generation to generation.

note its ramparts; tour its citadelsso that you can tell a future generation:

Their graves are their eternal homes,their homes from generation to generation,though they have named estates after themselves.

he will go to the generation of his fathers;they will never see the light.

Even when I am old and gray,God, do not abandon me.Then I will proclaim Your powerto another generation,Your strength to all who are to come.

We must not hide them from their children,but must tell a future generationthe praises of the Lord,His might, and the wonderful worksHe has performed.

so that a future generation—children yet to be born—might know.They were to rise and tell their children

Then they would not be like their fathers,a stubborn and rebellious generation,a generation whose heart was not loyaland whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,will thank You forever;we will declare Your praiseto generation after generation.

BOOK IV(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refugein every generation.

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;they do not know My ways.”

This will be written for a later generation,and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

His descendants will be powerful in the land;the generation of the upright will be blessed.

One generation will declare Your works to the nextand will proclaim Your mighty acts.