Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 1.364985
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
v. 1 עַ֭מִּי – As relationship-possessor, עַ֭מִּי does not specify the possessor of the people, but rather the psalmist belongs to the people and thus expresses solidarity with them, as brought out in the shift to first-person plural in vv. 3-4. Nevertheless, הַאֲזִ֣ינָה עַ֭מִּי תּוֹרָתִ֑י echoes the Song of Moses (cf. הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ ... אִמְרֵי־פִֽי in Deut 32:1) and thus gives the psalmist a certain authority.