Psalm 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.… I. IT IS THE LAW OF YOUR NATURE. The foundation of morality is laid deep in human nature; its principles result from the constitution of our frame; and its authority will be supreme, while there is a mind to discern, or a heart to feel, or a conscience to judge. II. IT IS THE LAW OF HEAVEN. III. IT IS THE LAW OF SOCIETY. Public depravity paves the way for public ruin. IV. IT IS THE LAW OF HAPPINESS. What does it forbid? Desires, passions, and vices, from which for our own sakes we should abstain, though there was no such prohibition. It forbids the gratification of desires which would lead us to ruin; the commission of vices which waken remorse, and deliver us up to the tormentors. What does the law of the Lord command? What is lovely, and pure, and praiseworthy; what tends to make men peaceable, gentle, humane, merciful, benevolent, and happy. (John Rogan.) Parallel Verses KJV: {Maschil of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.WEB: Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. |
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