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Psalm 78:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 1
Maschil of Asaph.Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.Psalm 78:1 · King James Version
Psalm 78:1 in context
1Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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Key words (Strong's)
- inclinenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- earsʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
- earʼâzanto broaden out the earH238 →
- lawtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451 →
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These verses, which contain the preface to this history, show that the psalm answers the title; it is indeed Maschil - a psalm to give instruction; if we receive not the instruction it gives, it is our own fault. Here, I. The psalmist demands attention to what he wrote (Psa 78:1): Give ear, O my people! to my law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8