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Psalms 78:1
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God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel

A Contemplation of Asaph.

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 aparable;
I will utter1 dark sayings of old, 
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 aWe will not hide them from their children,
bTelling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 
5 For aHe established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That bthey should make them known to their children; 
6 aThat the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children, 
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
8 And amay not be like their fathers,
bA stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation cthat did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God. 
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle. 
10 aThey did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law, 
11 And aforgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them. 
12 aMarvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, bin the field of Zoan. 
13 aHe divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And bHe made the waters stand up like a heap. 
Verse Comparison: Psalms 78:1

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American Standard Version
Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Amplified® Bible
GIVE EAR, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Contemporary English Version
(A special psalm by Asaph.) My friends, I beg you to listen as I teach.

Darby English Version
{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Good News Bible
Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.

King James Version
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

New American Standard Bible
Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

New International Version

A maskil of Asaph.
O my people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.

New King James Version
A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Revised Standard Version
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!

Young's Literal Translation
An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

New English Translation
Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!1


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