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OET (OET-RV) A song[fn] by Asaf.
⇔ Hear my teaching, my people.
⇔ ≈Listen to what I’m saying.

78:0 In Hebrew, ‘maskil’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ.
¶ Ὁ Θεὸς, ἤλθοσαν ἔθνη εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, ἐμίαναν τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου· ἔθεντο Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον.
( psalmos tōi Asaf.
¶ Ho Theos, aʸlthosan ethnaʸ eis taʸn klaʸronomian sou, emianan ton naon ton hagion sou; ethento Hierousalaʸm eis opōrofulakion. )

BrTr A Psalm for Asaph.
¶ O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; they have polluted thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

ULT A maschil of Asaph.
⇔ A writing of Asaph Hear my teaching, my people,
⇔ listen to the words of my mouth.

UST A psalm written by Asaph
⇔ My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you;
⇔ pay careful attention to what I will say.

BSB A Maskil[fn] of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
⇔

78:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.

OEB A maskil of Asaph.
⇔ My people, attend to my teaching:
⇔ bend your ears to the words of my mouth,

WEBBE A contemplation by Asaph.
⇔ Hear my teaching, my people.
⇔ Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A well-written song by Asaph.
⇔ Pay attention, my people, to my instruction!
⇔ Listen to the words I speak!

LSV AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law,
Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

FBV A psalm (maskil) of Asaph.
⇔ Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.

T4T My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you;
⇔ pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.

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BBE Maschil. Of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

Moff An Asaphite ode.
⇔ Listen to my teaching, O my people,
⇔ give ear to what I say,

JPS Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

ASV Maschil of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, O my people, to my law:
⇔ Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

DRA 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.

YLT An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

Drby An instruction. Of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

RV Maschil of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
(Maschil of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, Oh my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. )

SLT Instruction to Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the sayings of my mouth.

Wbstr Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

KJB-1769 Maschil of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.[fn]
(Maschil of Asaph.
⇔ Give ear, Oh my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. )

78.1 Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction

KJB-1611 ¶ Maschil of Asaph. ¶ Giue eare, O my people, to my Lawe: incline your eares to the wordes of my mouth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps PSA book available

Gnva A Psalme to give instruction committed to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.
(A Psalm to give instruction committed to Asaph. Hear my doctrine, Oh my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

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ClVg Psalmus Asaph. [Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem tuam; polluerunt templum sanctum tuum; posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam.
(Psalm Asaph. [God, they_came people/nations in/into/on inheritance your(sg); they_polluted the_temple/sanctuary holy your; they_put Yerusalem in/into/on of_apples custody. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT PSA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph hear, people_of,my teaching_of,my incline ears_of,your_all's to,words_of mouth_of,my )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

A maschil

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph hear, people_of,my teaching_of,my incline ears_of,your_all's to,words_of mouth_of,my )

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

Hear my teaching

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph hear, people_of,my teaching_of,my incline ears_of,your_all's to,words_of mouth_of,my )

The noun “teaching” can be translated with a verb. Alternate translation: “Hear what I teach” or “Hear me as I teach you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

the words of my mouth

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph hear, people_of,my teaching_of,my incline ears_of,your_all's to,words_of mouth_of,my )

The word “mouth” represents the person. Alternate translation: “my words”

Parallel PSA 78:1

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