Psalms 78:1
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- KJV
- Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
- WEB
- Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
- ASV
- Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
- DARBY
- {An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
- BLB
- A Maskil of Asaph. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Give ear, O my people, [to] my instruction; stretch out your⁺ ear to the words of my mouth.
- ÅB
- En læresalme av Asaf. Lytt, mitt folk, til min lære, bøy deres ører til min munns ord!
- OTB
- Hør, mitt folk, på min undervisning;
Bøy ørene til ordene fra min munn. - B1930
- En læresalme av Asaf. Lytt, mitt folk, til min lære, bøi eders ører til min munns ord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 51:4
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:3
Incline 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:1–16
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
Read in contextPsalms 50:7
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Read in contextProverbs 8:4–6
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Read in contextPsalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Read in contextPsalms 49:1–3
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Read in contextJudges 5:3
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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