I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:
In a parable - Or, I will give you instruction by numerous examples; see Psalm 49:1-4 (note), which bears a great similarity to this; and see the notes there. The term parable, in its various acceptations, has already been sufficiently explained; but משל mashal may here mean example, as opposed to תורה torah, law or precept, Psalm 49:1.
I will open my mouth in a parable - See the notes at Psalm 49:4. The word "parable" here means a statement by analogy or comparison; that is, he would bring out what he had to say by a course of reasoning founded on an analogy drawn from the ancient history of the people.
I will utter dark sayings of old - Of ancient times; that is, maxims, or sententious thoughts, which had come down from past times, and which embodied the results of ancient observation and reflection. Compare Psalm 49:4, where the word rendered "dark sayings" is explained. He would bring out, and apply, to the present case, the maxims of ancient wisdom.
78:2 Parable - Weighty sentences.Dark sayings - Not that the words are hard to be understood, but the things, God's transcendent goodness, their unparallel'd ingratitude; and their stupid ignorance and insensibleness, under such excellent teachings of God's word and works, are prodigious and hard to be believed.Of old - Of things done in ancient times.