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Psalms Chapter 78 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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BBE Psalms 78:1

<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.
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DARBY Psalms 78:1

{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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KJV Psalms 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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WBT Psalms 78:1

Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
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WEB Psalms 78:1

> Hear my law, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
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YLT Psalms 78:1

An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-8. - The introduction calls special attention to the teaching that is about to be put forth, which it declares to be traditional (ver. 3), and, further, to be the sort of instruction which God had especially commanded to be given to his people by their teachers (vers. 5, 6) for their edification (vers. 7, 8). Verse 1. - Give ear, O my people, to my law; rather, to my teaching. Hat-torah - torah with the article - is "the Law;" but torah alone is any teaching or instruction. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Dr. Kay regards the words of ver. 1 as "God's own words," (1) on account of the expression, "O my people;" and (2) on account of "my Law." But "my people" is not inappropriate in the mouth of a psalmist, and occurs in Psalm 59:11 and Psalms 144:2. It "indicates the love in which the effort of the psalmist originated" (Hengstenberg). And "law," as already observed, is not the proper, or at any rate not the only, meaning of torah.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) For the formal opening see Psalm 49:1, Note.My people.--An expression pointing to a position of weight and authority.My law.--Here, rather instruction, or doctrine.