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 acutely and accurately. See Psalms 49:4, See Trapp on " Psa 49:4 "
I will utter dark sayings of old] Heb. I will well out (as from a spring or fountain) dark or sharp sayings, transacted and recorded of old, but of good use for ever. Difficulty doth not discourage, but rather whet on heroic spirits to a more diligent inquiry. Aben Ezra noteth here, that Psalms 78:9, "The children of Ephraim," &c., is a parable, and Psalms 78:25, "Man did eat angels' food," is a riddle, or dark saying.