Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1A Psalme to give instruction committed to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.

3Which we haue heard and knowen, and our fathers haue tolde vs.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:28And ye Lord hath rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and hath cast them into another land, as appeareth this day.

Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I feare in the euil dayes, when iniquitie shall compasse me about, as at mine heeles?

Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none other God, and there is nothing like me,

Matthew 13:34All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not 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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