Psalms 78:1
“A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
Noyes 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 a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
Cross References
Psalms 49:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” Hear this, all ye nations; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world;
Psalms 50:7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.
Psalms 74:1“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Proverbs 22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And give heed to my instruction!
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come to me; Hear, and your soul shall live! And I will make with you an everlasting covenant; I will give you the sure mercies of 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 →