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

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

78:1 O my people. This Maschil psalm by Asaph, the seer, is a heart-cry to the people of God, seeking to bring them back to a true love of God and obedience to His laws. Presumably written under either David’s or Solomon’s reign, when God’s blessings on Israel were more manifest than ever before or since, even then the people as a whole were in a low state spiritually. Psalm 78 is the second longest (to Psalm 119) of all the psalms, recounting God’s miraculous deliverances in the past as an incentive to serve Him in the present and future.


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