Psalms 78:1

Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Give ear, O my people - This is the exordium of this very pathetic and instructive discourse.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give ear, O my people - This is not an address of God, but an address of the king or ruler of the people, calling their attention to an important...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

" (a) Maschil of Asaph." Give ear, O my people, [to] my (b) law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. (a) Read ( Psalms 32:1 ). (b) The prop...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. Mascbil . Instruction. The tenth of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 82 , and App-65. of Asaph . by, or for Asaph. Asaph was....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Give ear, O my people! to my law. From the close of the psalm, it may with probability be conjectured, that it was written long after the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An exhortation both to learn and to preach the law of God. The history of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient. The Israelites being...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Psalms 78:1-72 .-God's address, through Asaph, to Israel to hea...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Law] RM 'teaching.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the formal opening see Psalms 49:1 , Note. My people. — An expression pointing to a position of weight and authority. My law. — Here, rath...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the locat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Psalm, as the title sets forth, is a Maschil, that is, a Psalm of instruction. It contains, in an historical method of relation, God's...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give ear, O my people ,.... The Jews were Christ's people, he descending from their fathers according to the flesh; they were his own, to whom he ca...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:1 «Maschil of Asaph. » Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Maschil of Asaph ] Ode didasea...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Give ear, O my people In these words “the psalmist opens his commission, and speaks as one having authority from above to instruct the world. He de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 78 THE ARGUMENT The scope of this Psalm is plainly expressed Psalms 78:6-8 , and is this, that the Israelites might learn to hope and trus...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Scofield Reference Notes

Maschil Maschil, instruction.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear, O My people, to My law; incline your ears to the words of My mouth. The obligation to obey God’s law I. It is the law of your nature....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Give ear, O my people, to my law, the religious teacher calling attention to his instruction which he is now about to begin; incline your ears to th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Review of Israel's History as a Source of Consolation. Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children of Israel in the won...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:14 ; Isaiah 51:4 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; Judges 5:3 ; Matthew 13:9 ; Proverbs 8:4-6 ; Psalms 49:1-3 ; Psalms 51:4 ; Psalms 74:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My law — The doctrine which I am about to deliver.

¹ Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:1