King James Version
Psalms 78:2 in the King James Version says “I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”
Psalms 78:2 · KJV
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Maschil: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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“I will open”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“in a parable”
H4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
“my mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“I will utter”
H5042to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)
“of old”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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