Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables (LXX/NT). I will utter dark sayings of old,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
In Context
1Give ear, O my people, to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:28And LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
Psalms 49:5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels encompasses me about?
Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else. [I am] God, and there is none like me,
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9
The Importance of Religious Instruction. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our… Read the whole commentary →