Psalm 78:1

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; stretch out your ear to the words of my mouth.

Latin

Intellectus Asaph. Attendite, popule meus, legem meam; inclinate aurem vestram in verba oris mei.

Hebrew

English

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

The introduction is an invitation to learn wisdom.

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 51:4
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
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.
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
2 Chronicles 15:1–16
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
Judges 5:3
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Psalm 50:7
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Proverbs 8:4–6
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Psalm 49:1–3
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him hear.”
Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Asaph: Levite musician, psalmist, and ancestor of temple singers Maskil: A musical or literary term in the Psalms