Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
Listen to me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
If you have ears, hear!”
Against you, you alone, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words and apply your mind to my teaching,