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My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/78.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/78.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A skillful song, <i>or</i> a didactic <i>or</i> 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].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. † My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. My people, hear my instruction; listen to what I say. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My friends, I beg you to listen as I teach. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[A [maskil] by Asaph.] Open your ears to my teachings, my people. Turn your ears to the words from my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Listen, my people, to my instruction. Hear the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak! </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, <i>to</i> my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/78.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, <i>to</i> my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/psalms/78.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[A contemplation by Asaph.] Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/psalms/78.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/psalms/78.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/78.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/psalms/78.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />A Psalme to giue instruction comitted to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/psalms/78.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br /><FI>A wise instruction of Asaph.<Fi> Heare my lawe O my people: enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/psalms/78.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Heare my lawe (o my people) encline yor eares vnto ye wordes of my mouth.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, "" Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Instruction to Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the sayings of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:1>The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My people, give ear to my Law and be persuaded and incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />GIVE ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/psalms/78.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/4905.htm" title="4905: maś·kîl (N-ms) -- Instructive, a didactic poem. From sakal; instructive, i.e. A didactic poem.">A Maskil</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: lə·’ā·sāp̄ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph.</a> <a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238: ha·’ă·zî·nāh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 'ozen; to broaden out the ear, i.e. to listen."> Give ear,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">O my people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·rā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">to my instruction;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: haṭ·ṭū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·nə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear."></a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561: lə·’im·rê- (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From 'amar; something said.">to the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: p̄î (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">of my mouth.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/4905.htm" title="4905. maskiyl (mas-keel') -- Maschil">An Instruction</a><a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623. 'Acaph (aw-sawf') -- "gatherer," the name of several Israelites"> of Asaph</a><a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238. 'azan (aw-zan') -- to give ear, listen">. Give ear</a><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971. am (am) -- folk">, O my people</a><a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451. towrah (to-raw') -- direction, instruction, law">, to my law</a><a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186. natah (naw-taw') -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend">, Incline</a><a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241. 'ozen (o'-zen) -- an ear"> your ear</a><a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561. 'emer (ay'-mer) -- speech, word"> to sayings</a><a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth"> of my mouth.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/4905.htm" title="מַשְׂכִּיל ncmsa 4905">A <i>Maskil</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"></i> of</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="אָסָף np 623"> Asaph</a>. <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">My</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="עַם ncmsc 5971"> people</a>, <a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="אזן_1 vhvms 238">hear</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="תֹּורָה ncfsc 8451"> instruction</a>; <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="נטה vhvmp 5186">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="אֹזֶן ncfsc 241"></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> what I</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="אֵמֶר_1 ncmpc 561"> say</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="פֶּה ncmsc 6310"></a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238. 'azan (aw-zan') -- to give ear, listen">A Maskil of Asaph. Listen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971a.htm" title="5971a">O my people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451. towrah (to-raw') -- direction, instruction, law">to my instruction;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186. natah (naw-taw') -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend">Incline</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241. 'ozen (o'-zen) -- an ear">your ears</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561. 'emer (ay'-mer) -- speech, word">to the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">of my mouth.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/4905.htm" title="4905. maskiyl (mas-keel') -- Maschil">{{Maschil</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623. 'Acaph (aw-sawf') -- 'gatherer,' the name of several Israelites">of Asaph.</a> <a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238. 'azan (aw-zan') -- to give ear, listen">}} Give ear,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971. am (am) -- folk">O my people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451. towrah (to-raw') -- direction, instruction, law">[to] my law:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186. natah (naw-taw') -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend">incline</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241. 'ozen (o'-zen) -- an ear">your ears</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561. 'emer (ay'-mer) -- speech, word">to the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">of my mouth.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/77-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 77:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 77:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/78-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>