Psalms 78:2 · KJV
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”
— Psalms 78:2
[Maschil of Asaph.] Give ear, O my people, {to} my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78 — Context
[Maschil of Asaph.] Give ear, O my people, {to} my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}
2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide {them} from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Cross References
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Matthew 13:11-13
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}