Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
In Context
1Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:28and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto 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 →