Psalms 49:3
My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
In Context
2Both low and high, together rich and needy.
4I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine drops as rain; My sayings flow as dew; As storms on the tender grass, || And as showers on the herb,
Job 33:33If there are not—listen to me, || Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
Psalms 19:14Let the sayings of my mouth, || And the meditation of my heart, || Be for a pleasing thing before You, || O YHWH, my rock, and my redeemer!
Psalms 45:1TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILIES.” AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG OF LOVES. My heart has stirred a good word, || I am telling my works to the King, || My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.
Psalms 119:130The opening of Your words enlightens, || Instructing the simple.
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak noble things, || And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
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 →