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Psalms 78:1
A psalm of Asaph.
O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,Bible Study Resources
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- AmericanParallel Translations
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
A Maskil of Asaph.
Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.Heare my lawe O my people: enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.
An instruction. Of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.A Contemplation [fn] of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law;Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
A Lesson of Asaph. O my people, listen to my law; bow your ears to the words of my mouth.
One of Asaph's maskils.
My people, listen to my teachings. Listen to what I say.[Maschil of Asaph.] Giue eare, O my people, to my Lawe: incline your eares to the wordes of my mouth.
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Heare my lawe (o my people) encline yor eares vnto ye wordes of my mouth.
An Asaph Psalm Listen, dear friends, to God's truth, bend your ears to what I tell you. I'm chewing on the morsel of a proverb; I'll let you in on the sweet old truths, Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our mother's knee. We're not keeping this to ourselves, we're passing it along to the next generation— God 's fame and fortune, the marvelous things he has done.
Listen, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].
Maschil of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
A well-written song by Asaph.
Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!(A special psalm by Asaph.)
My friends, I beg you to listen as I teach.A maskil of Asaf: Listen, my people, to my teaching; turn your ears to the words from my mouth.
A Psalme to giue instruction comitted to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.
GIVE ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Maschil of Asaph.
O my people, hear my teaching. Listen to the words of my mouth.
Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
A Maskil of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.(77-1) <Understanding for Asaph.> Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
A maskil of Asaph.
Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.A Maskil of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!Listen, my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
A maskil of Asaph.
My people, listen to my teaching; listen to what I say.Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.
A Maskil of Asaph.
My people, hear my instruction; listen to what I say.The `title of the seuene and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. Mi puple, perseyue ye my lawe; bowe youre eere in to the wordis of my mouth.
An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
Contextual Overview
A psalm of Asaph.
O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, 2 for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— 3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. 4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord , about his power and his mighty wonders. 5 For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, 6 so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children. 7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. 8 Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 49:1-3, Psalms 51:4, Judges 5:3, Proverbs 8:4-6, Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 55:3, Matthew 13:9
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 1 Chronicles 25:2 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 35:15 - according Psalms 19:7 - law Proverbs 4:20 - General Isaiah 46:9 - the former Matthew 5:2 - General Acts 13:16 - give
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Give ear, O my people,.... The Jews were Christ's people, he descending from their fathers according to the flesh; they were his own, to whom he came, though rejected by them; they were his nation and people that delivered him up into the hands of the Romans; see Romans 9:4 thus it is usual with persons to call those, who are of the same nation with them, their people, Esther 7:3 and especially for kings to call their subjects so; see 1 Chronicles 28:2, and such was Christ; he was King of the Jews, though they would not have him reign over them; and therefore he here speaks as one having royal authority, and requires attention to him, and obedience to his word, which he calls his law:
to my law; meaning neither the moral nor the ceremonial law, but the doctrine of the Gospel, or law of faith, called the Messiah's law, Isaiah 2:3. This is the doctrine which he as man received of his Father, and which he taught and delivered to his disciples, and which concerns himself, his person, office, and grace, and is sometimes called the doctrine of Christ, 2 John 1:9,
incline your ears to the words of my mouth; the several doctrines of the everlasting Gospel preached by him, which were words of wisdom and of grace, of righteousness and eternal life, of peace, pardon, and everlasting salvation: these ought to be heard and diligently attended to; the matter contained in them requires attention; the office Christ bears demands it of men; all that have ears to hear should hear; all Christ's sheep do hear his voice, understand it, and act according to it: hear ye him was the instruction of Moses, and the direction of Christ's heavenly Father, Deuteronomy 18:15, and great is the danger such incur who hear him not, but neglect and despise his word, Hebrews 2:2.
f לאסף τω ασαφ, Sept. "ipsi Asaph", Pagninus, Montanus; "tradita Asapho", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Give ear, O my people - This is not an address of God, but an address of the king or ruler of the people, calling their attention to an important subject; to wit, his right to rule over them, or showing why the power had been vested in him.
To my law - The word law here seems to mean what he would say, as if what he should choose to say would have the force and authority of law. What follows is not exactly law in the sense that it was a rule to be obeyed; but it is something that is authoritatively said, and should have the force of law.
Incline your ears ... - Be attentive. What is to be said is worthy of your particular regard. Compare the notes at Psalms 5:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM LXXVIII
An enumeration of the principal effects of the goodness of God
to his people, 1-16;
of their rebellions and punishment, 17-33;
their feigned repentance, 34-37;
God's compassion towards them, 38, 39;
their backsliding, and forgetfulness of his mercy, 40-42;
the plagues which he brought upon the Egyptians, 43-51;
the deliverance of his own people, and their repeated
ingratitude and disobedience, 52-58;
their punishment, 59-64;
God's wrath against their adversaries, 65, 66;
his rejection of the tribes of Israel and his choice of the
tribe of Judah, and of David to be king over his people, 67-72.
NOTES ON PSALM LXXVIII
The title, Maschil of Asaph; or, according to the margin, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction; contains nothing particular. The Arabic has, "A sermon from Asaph to the people." The Psalm was probably not written by David, but after the separation of the ten tribes of Israel, and after the days of Rehoboam, and before the Babylonish captivity, for the temple was still standing, Psalms 78:69. Calmet supposes that it was written in the days of Asa, who had gained, by the aid of the Syrians, a great victory over the Israelites; and brought back to the pure worship of God many out of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon. See 2 Chronicles 15:16-14.
Verse Psalms 78:1. Give ear, O my people — This is the exordium of this very pathetic and instructive discourse.
