Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

In Context

1{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give 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:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:28and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it appears] this day.

Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, [when] the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me?

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 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

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 →

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