Psalms 49:4
I think about [MTY] ◄proverbs/wise sayings►, and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
In Context
3because what I am thinking is very sensible, and what I say will enable you to become wise!
5I am not [RHQ] afraid when I am in trouble/danger, when I am surrounded by my enemies,
Cross References
Numbers 23:7This is the message that Balaam told them: “Balak, the King of Moab, summoned me to come here from Syria; he brought me here from the hills at the eastern side of Syria. He said, ‘Come and curse the descendants of Jacob for me, saying that bad things will happen to these Israeli people!’
Proverbs 1:6Then they will be able to understand the meaning of proverbs and parables/metaphors, these wise sayings and ◄riddles/sayings that are difficult to understand►.
Daniel 8:23The people in those kingdoms will become very wicked, with the result that it will be necessary for them to be punished. But near the time when those kingdoms will end, one of those kingdoms will have a king who will be very proud/defiant [IDM]. He will also be very fierce and very deceitful.
Matthew 13:35By doing that, he fulfilled what God told one of the prophets to write long ago: I will speak [MTY] in parables; I will tell parables to teach what I have kept secret since I created the world.
2 Corinthians 3:12We (exc) know that the message that we teach is a much more wonderful message than the message that Moses taught. So we can preach boldly.
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 →