“ I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: ”
I will open my mouth in a parable - See the notes at Psalms 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...
LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary,...
I will open, &c. Quoted in Matthew 13:35 . parable... dark sayings. Compare Psalms 49:5 . Same words. The Psalm has. moral: showing that Divine history contains more than appears on the su...
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 Psalms 49:1-4 (note), which bears a great similarity to...
I will open my mouth in a parable— I will open my mouth in a wise moral: I will utter mysteries of ancient times. The moral or design of this history is couched in the subsequent verses. See Mudg...
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: I will open my mouth in a parable ( maashaal ( H4912 )) - a similitude (see note, Psalms 49:4 ). I will utter - l...
This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells...
I will open. — A difficulty is started by the fact that the psalm deals with history, and is neither a proverb ( mâshal ) nor riddle ( chîdah ). But the Divine rejection of the northern tribes may...
Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the location of God's sanctuary, and its final transfer wit...
The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the psalm...
I beg the Reader's attention to what is here said, and, by way of rightly explaining it, to turn to what our Lord himself saith; Matthew 13:34-35 . Have we not authority from hence to believe, that...
I will open my mouth ,.... Speak freely, boldly, and without reserve, Ephesians 6:19 , so Christ opened his mouth, Matthew 5:2 , in a parable ; not that what follows in this psalm was such, but...
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Ver. 2. I will open my mouth in a parable ] I will speak freely and plainly (I will open my mouth, Mat 5:2 Act 10:34), and yet...
Give ear, O my people In these words “the psalmist opens his commission, and speaks as one having authority from above to instruct the world. He demands a large and attentive audience, while, by a...
The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears t...
Open my mouth, speak to you with all freedom and plainness, in a parable; uttering divers and weighty sentences (for such are oft called parables in Scripture) or passages of great moment for you...
INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the celebrated Asaph in the time of David. Occasion...
Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice...
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old. The nature and design of parabolic teaching The word here translated parable did not probably convey to the mind of the psal...
EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed...
A Review of Israel's History as a Source of Consolation. Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children of Israel in the wonderful ways of the Lord and to warn them against a...
Mark 4:34 ; Matthew 13:11-13 ; Matthew 13:13 ; Matthew 13:34 ; Matthew 13:35 ; Proverbs 1:6 ; Psalms 49:4
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...