Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
“Listen to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go forth from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.
O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy 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.
He who has ears, let him hear.”
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;