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Psalm 78:1
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KJ21
Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
ASV
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
AMP
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].
AMPC
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
BRG
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
CSB
A Maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth.
CSBA
A Maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth.
CEB
Listen, my people, to my teaching; tilt your ears toward the words of my mouth.
CJB
A maskil of Asaf: Listen, my people, to my teaching; turn your ears to the words from my mouth.
CEV
(A special psalm by Asaph.) My friends, I beg you to listen as I teach.
DARBY
An instruction. Of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
DRA
A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.
ERV
One of Asaph’s maskils. My people, listen to my teachings. Listen to what I say.
EASY
Asaph wrote this special song. My people, listen to what I am teaching you. Listen to the words that I speak.
EHV
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction. Turn your ear to the words of my mouth.
ESV
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
ESVUK
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
EXB
A ·maskil [skillful psalm; meditation] of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12]. My people, ·listen [give ear] to my ·teaching [instruction; law]; ·listen [L incline your ear] to ·what I say [L the words of my mouth].
GNV
1 He showeth how God of his mercy chose his Church of the posterity of Abraham, 8 Reproaching the stubborn rebellion of their fathers, that the children might not only understand. 11 That God of his free mercy made his Covenant with their ancestors, 17 But also seeing them so malicious and perverse, might be ashamed, and so turn wholly to God.  In this Psalm the holy Ghost hath comprehended, as it were, the sum of all God’s benefits, to the intent the ignorant and gross people might see in few words the effect of the whole histories of the Bible. A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph. Hear my doctrine, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.
GW
A maskil by Asaph. Open your ears to my teachings, my people. Turn your ears to the words from my mouth.
GNT
Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.
HCSB
A Maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my instruction; listen to what I say.
ICB
A maskil of Asaph. My people, listen to my teaching. Listen to what I say.
ISV
An instruction of Asaph Listen, my people, to my instruction. Hear the words of my mouth.
JUB
Maschil of Asaph. ¶ 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.
AKJV
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
LSB
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
LEB
A maskil of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
TLB
O my people, listen to my teaching. Open your ears to what I am saying.
MSG
Listen, dear friends, to God’s truth, bend your ears to what I tell you. I’m chewing on the morsel of a proverb; I’ll let you in on the sweet old truths, Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our mother’s knee. We’re not keeping this to ourselves, we’re passing it along to the next generation— God’s fame and fortune, the marvelous things he has done.
MEV
A Contemplative Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NOG
A maskil by Asaph. Open your ears to my teachings, my people. Turn your ears to the words from my mouth.
NABRE
A maskil of Asaph. Attend, my people, to my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
NASB
Listen, my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NASB1995
Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NCB
A maskil of Asaph. Give ear, my people, to my teaching; pay attention to the words of my mouth.
NCV
A maskil of Asaph. My people, listen to my teaching; listen to what I say.
NET
A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction. Listen to the words I speak.
NIRV
A maskil of Asaph. My people, listen to my teaching. Pay attention to what I say.
NIV
My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
NIVUK
A maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
NKJV
A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NLV
O my people, hear my teaching. Listen to the words of my mouth.
NLT
A psalm of Asaph. O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,
NRSVA
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NRSVACE
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NRSVCE
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
NRSVUE
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
OJB
(Maskil of Asaph.) Give ear, O my people, to my torah; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
RGT
Hear my doctrine, O my people. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
RSV
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
RSVCE
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
TLV
A contemplative song of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my teaching. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
VOICE
A contemplative song of Asaph. O my people, listen to me! Hear my instruction; soak up every word of what I am about to tell you.
WEB
A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
WYC
The learning of Asaph. My people, perceive ye my law; bow your ear into the words of my mouth. (The teaching of Asaph. My people, listen ye to my teaching; bow down your ear to the words of my mouth.)
YLT
An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
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