I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
I will incline mine ear to a parable - or 'similitude' х maashaal (H4912)]: a sententiously expressed truth. "I will incline mine ear to" it implies that the wisdom which he is about to impart is not of his own acquisition (2 Samuel 23:2), but one imparted to him by revelation.
I will open my dark saying - enigma, or hard question; a discourse having a deep sense х chiyraah (H2437)] (1 Kings 10:1). Connected with the parable" also in Psalms 78:2, "I will open," i:e., bring forth openly, with mouth, from the treasure chambers of the heart, (Amos 8:5, margin.)
The thesis (Psalms 49:5-6).