Back Псалом 77 Byelorussian Žalm 78 Czech Psalm 78 German Salmo 78 Spanish תהילים ע"ח HE Mazmur 78 ID Salmo 78 Italian Psalmus 78 Latin Salme 78 NB Si-phian 78 ZH-MIN-NAN
| Psalm 78 | |
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| "Give ear, O my people, to my law" | |
_(14778102482).jpg) Page from a 1891 book, showing locusts as mentioned in verse 49 | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 78 | |
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← 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 twelve 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
- ^ Psalm 78: NABRE