Psalms 78:1
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Updated King James Version
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 parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Cross References
Judges 5:3Hear, O all of you kings; give ear, O all of you princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
Psalms 50:7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
Psalms 74:1O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does yours anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Proverbs 22:17Bow down yours ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply yours heart unto my knowledge.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even 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 →