I will incline
5186 {5186} Primeנָטָהnatah{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
mine ear
241 {0241} Primeאֹזֶן'ozen{o'-zen}
From H0238; broadness, that is, (concretely) the ear (from its form in man).
to a parable:
4912 {4912} Primeמָשָׁלmashal{maw-shawl'}
Apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy maxim, usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse).
I will open
6605 {6605} Primeפָּתַחpathach{paw-thakh'}
A primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to loosen, begin, plough, carve.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
my dark saying
2420 {2420} Primeחִידָהchiydah{khee-daw'}
From H2330; a puzzle; hence a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim.
upon the harp.
3658 {3658} Primeכִּנּוֹרkinnowr{kin-nore'}
From an unused root meaning to twang; a harp. |
Psalms 49:4
_ _ incline — to hear attentively (Psalms 17:6; Psalms 31:2).
_ _ parable — In Hebrew and Greek “parable” and “proverb” are translations of the same word. It denotes a comparison, or form of speech, which under one image includes many, and is expressive of a general truth capable of various illustrations. Hence it may be used for the illustration itself. For the former sense, “proverb” (that is, one word for several) is the usual English term, and for the latter, in which comparison is prominent, “parable” (that is, one thing laid by another). The distinction is not always observed, since here, and in Psalms 78:2; “proverb” would better express the style of the composition (compare also Proverbs 26:7, Proverbs 26:9; Habakkuk 2:6; John 16:25, John 16:29). Such forms of speech are often very figurative and also obscure (compare Matthew 13:12-15). Hence the use of the parallel word —
_ _ dark saying — or, “riddle” (compare Ezekiel 17:2).
_ _ open — is to explain.
_ _ upon the harp — the accompaniment for a lyric. |
Psalms 49:4
I will — I will hearken what God by his Spirit speaks to me, and that will I now speak to you. A parable — Which properly is an allegorical speech, but is often taken for an important, and withal, dark doctrine or sentence. Open — I will not smother it in my own breast, but publish it to the world. Dark — So he calls the following discourse, because the thing in question ever hath been thought hard to be understood. |
- incline:
Psalms 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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- parable:
Numbers 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Matthew 13:11-15 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ... For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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- dark:
Proverbs 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
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