This article is about Psalm 78 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 78 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 79.
Psalm 78
"Give ear, O my people, to my law"
Page from a 1891 book, showing locusts as mentioned in verse 49
Other name
Psalmus 77
"Adtendite populus meus legem meam"
Language
Hebrew (original)
Psalm 78
← Psalm 77
Psalm 79 →
Book
Book of Psalms
Hebrew Bible part
Ketuvim
Order in the Hebrew part
1
Category
Sifrei Emet
Christian Bible part
Old Testament
Order in the Christian part
19
Psalm 78 is the 78th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Give ear, O my people, to my law". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 77. In Latin, it is known as "Adtendite populus meus legem meam".[1] It is one of the 12 Psalms of Asaph and is described as a "maskil" [2] or "contemplation".[3] It is the second-longest Psalm, with 72 verses (Psalm 119 has 176 verses), and the first of the three great history psalms (the others being Psalms 105 and 106).[4] The New American Bible, Revised Edition entitles it "a new beginning in Zion and David".[5]
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music.
^Parallel Latin/English Psalter, Psalmus 77 (78). Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Medievalist.
^Psalm 78: New International Version
^Psalm 78: New King James Version
^Rodd, C. S., 18. Psalms in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 361, 388
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