Mark 4:34; Matthew 13:11-13; Matthew 13:13; Matthew 13:34; Matthew 13:35; Proverbs 1:6; Psalms 49:4
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,...
LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
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...
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...
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 his...
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...
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...
Parable ] in the sense of 'didactic poem.' Dark sayings ] lit. 'riddles.' The history of Israel is an enigma, requiring an explanation such as the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ....
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 ;...
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 (...
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...
The Importance of Religious Instruction. Maschil of Asaph. 1 Give...
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...
INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
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...
EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
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...
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...
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: