Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
In Context
1Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
3That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:28(29-27) and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'. —
Psalms 49:5(49-6) Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: that I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me;
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 →