Psalms 49:4
I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
In Context
3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
Cross References
Numbers 23:7And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'From Aram he doth lead me — Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come — curse for me Jacob, And come — be indignant [with] Israel.
Proverbs 1:6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Daniel 8:23'And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
2 Corinthians 3:12Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
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 →