For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
It may also be rendered : "the fathers singing now praises beforehand." It behoved them to praise God for His mercies and judgments, which were to continue to be celebrated by their remotest posterity They remembered on that occasion their fathers, to whom the promises were made, and they celebrated their praise. Grotius remarks that the Christians in celebrating the praises of the apostles and martyrs, imitated the Jews, who were wont to celebrate the memory of their fathers.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.