Psalms 49:4
My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
In Context
3All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
5I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
Cross References
Numbers 23:7And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.
Proverbs 1:6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
Daniel 8:23And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.
Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
2 Corinthians 3:12Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:2-6
A Call to Attention. 1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? This is the psalmist's preface to his discourse concerning the vanity of the world and its insufficiency… Read the whole commentary →