Psalms 78:1 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Augustine of Hippo

Exposition on Psalm 78 (430)

"Hearken ye," He says, "My people, to My law" [Psalm 78:1]. Whom may we suppose to be here speaking, but God? For it was Himself that gave a law to His people, whom when delivered out of Egypt He gathered together, the which gathering together is properly named a Synagogue, which the word Asaph is interpreted to signify. Hath it then been said, "Understanding of Asaph," in the sense that Asaph himself has understood; or must it be figuratively understood, in the sense that the same Synagogue, that is, the same people, has understood, unto whom is said, "Hearken, My people, unto My law"? Why is it then that He is rebuking the same people by the mouth of the Prophet, saying, "But Israel has not known Me, and My people has not understood"? [Isaiah 1:3] But, in fact, there were even in that people they that understood, having the faith which was afterwards revealed, not pertaining to the letter of the law, but the grace of the Spirit. For they cannot have been without the same faith, who were able to foresee and foretell the revelation thereof that should be in Christ, inasmuch as even those old Sacraments were significants of those that should be. Had the prophets alone this faith, and not the people too? Nay indeed, but even they that faithfully heard the Prophets, were aided by the same grace in order that they might understand what they heard. But without doubt the mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven was veiled in the Old Testament, which in the fullness of time should be unveiled in the New. "For," says the Apostle, "they did drink of the Spiritual Rock following them, but the Rock was Christ." [1 Corinthians 10:4] In a mystery therefore theirs was the same meat and drink as ours, but in signification the same, not in form; because the same Christ was Himself figured to them in a Rock, manifested to us in the Flesh. […]

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַאֲזִ֣ינָה	ha.'a.Zi.nah	give ear to !	H238 →
עַ֭מִּי	'A.mi	O people my	H5971 →
תּוֹרָתִ֑י	to.ra.Ti	instruction my	H8451 →
הַטּ֥וּ	ha.Tu	incline	H5186 →
אָ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם	'a.ze.ne.Khem	ear your	H241 →
לְאִמְרֵי־	le.'im.rei-	to [the] words of	H561 →
פִֽי׃	Fi	mouth my	H6310 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
  I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Proverbs 4:20
  My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- John 10:27
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 13:34
  In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Through
Psalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:20
  The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot…
- Psalms 79:13
  Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms