Psalms 49:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

KJV

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ASV

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

WEB

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

YLT

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

DBT

I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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19 verses on the floor

Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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): I will incline my ear to a parable. It is called a parable, not because it is figurative and obscure, but because it is a wise discourse and very instructive.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In the rest of the psalm, 1. He endeavours to convince sinners of their folly in doting upon the wealth of this world, by showing them (1.) That they cannot, with all their wealth, save their friends from death,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

incline--to hear attentively (Ps 17:6; 31:2). parable--In Hebrew and Greek "parable" and "proverb" are translations of the same word. It denotes a comparison, or form of speech, which under one image includes many, and is expressive of a general truth capable of various illustrations.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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PSA 49:4MAT 13:35 PSA 78:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 49:4MAT 13:35 EPH 3:9
PSA 49:4MAT 13:35 1PE 1:20-21
PSA 49:4MAT 13:35 ROM 16:25-26
PSA 49:4MAT 13:35 1CO 2:7
PSA 49:4PSA 78:2 MAT 13:34-35
PSA 49:4NUM 12:8 DEU 34:10
PSA 49:4LUK 12:3 MAT 10:27

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