Psalm 78:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition GIVE EAR, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. American Standard Version (1901) Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Common English Bible Listen, my people, to my teaching; tilt your ears toward the words of my mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. English Standard Version 2016 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! |
For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.
All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.
Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my tribes. For a law will go forth from me, and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.
Incline your ear and draw near to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, by the faithful mercies of David.
Listen, O kings! Pay attention, O princes! It is I, it is I, who will sing to the Lord. I will sing a psalm to the Lord, the God of Israel!