Psalms 78:1
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
In Context
2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Cross References
Judges 5:3Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Psalms 49:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Psalms 50:7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Psalms 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:1
This psalm is historical; it is a narrative of the great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, the great sins wherewith they had provoked him, and the many tokens of his displeasure they had been under for their sins. The psalmist began, in the foregoing psalm, to relate God's wonders of old, for his own encouragement in a difficult time; there he broke off abruptly, but here resumes the subject, for the edification of the church, and enlarges much upon it, showing not only how good God had been to them, which was… Read the whole commentary →