78 1 He showeth how God of his mercy chose his Church of the posterity of Abraham, 8 Reproaching the stubborn rebellion of their fathers, that the children might not only understand. 11 That God of his free mercy made his Covenant with their ancestors, 17 But also seeing them so malicious and perverse, might be ashamed, and so turn wholly to God.  In this Psalm the holy Ghost hath comprehended, as it were, the sum of all God’s benefits, to the intent the ignorant and gross people might see in few words the effect of the whole histories of the Bible.

A Psalm to give [a]instruction, committed to Asaph.

Hear my [b]doctrine, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of old.

Which we have heard and known, and our [c]fathers have told us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:1 Read Ps. 32.
  2. Psalm 78:1 The Prophet under the name of a teacher calleth the people his, and the doctrine his, as Paul calleth the Gospel his, whereof he was but the preacher, as Rom. 2:16 and 16:25.
  3. Psalm 78:3 Which were the people of God.

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