Psalms 78:2

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 Mudge.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I will open, &c. Quoted in Matthew 13:35 . parable... dark sayings. Compare Psalms 49:5 . Same words. The Psalm has. moral: showing that D...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 similitu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable ] in the sense of 'didactic poem.' Dark sayings ] lit. 'riddles.' The history of Israel is an enigma, requiring an explanation such as the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ). Bu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 locat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 ....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 (...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 parab...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 won...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will open my mouth in a parable, in proverbial sayings; I will utter dark sayings of old, make statements which would appear as oracles or riddle...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:34 ; Matthew 13:11-13 ; Matthew 13:13 ; Matthew 13:34 ; Matthew 13:35 ; Proverbs 1:6 ; Psalms 49:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Parable — Weighty sentences. Dark sayings — Not that the words are hard to be understood, but the things, God's transcendent goodness, their unpara...

² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:2