Psalms 78:1
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told 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
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:3
Incline 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:1–16
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
Read in contextPsalms 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Read in contextProverbs 8:4–6
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Read in contextPsalms 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Read in contextPsalms 49:1–3
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
Read in contextJudges 5:3
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
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