اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 78:2

Smith Van Dyke Version

‎افتح بمثل فمي. اذيع الغازا منذ القدم‎.

Bible Verse Review
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I will: Psalms 49:4, Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35

dark sayings: Proverbs 1:6, Matthew 13:11-13, Mark 4:34

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Numbers 23:7 - he took Deuteronomy 29:29 - revealed 2 Chronicles 9:1 - questions Job 20:3 - the spirit Job 27:1 - Job Job 33:2 - I Proverbs 15:7 - lips Proverbs 18:4 - the wellspring Ezekiel 24:3 - utter Matthew 5:2 - General Mark 4:2 - by parables Mark 4:22 - General John 16:25 - proverbs Acts 13:16 - give Romans 16:25 - which 1 Corinthians 2:7 - even 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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; not that what follows in this psalm was such, but what were delivered by our Lord in the days of his flesh, who spake many parables; as of the sower, and of tares, and of the grain of mustard seed, and many others, and without a parable he spake not, and so fulfilled what he here said he would do, Matthew 13:34.

I will utter dark sayings of old; sayings that relate to things of old; meaning not to the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt, and what follows in the psalm, delivered, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe, in figurative and topical terms, as in Psalms 78:19, but to the things which were from the foundation of the world, as the phrase is rendered in Matthew 13:35, spoken of Christ in his ministry, such as the fall of the angels, the ruin of man by Satan, the murder of Abel, Abraham's sight of his day with joy, and many things that were said by them of old, Luke 10:18 or rather this refers to the Gospel, and the sayings and doctrines of it, which were kept secret since the world began, Matthew 13:3, yea, which were ordained before the world was, and therefore called the everlasting Gospel, 1 Corinthians 2:7 and here in the Arabic version, "eternal mysteries"; such as concerning the everlasting love of God to his people, his everlasting choice of them, and everlasting covenant with them: and the sayings or doctrines of the Gospel may he called "dark", because secret, hidden, and mysterious; and were so under the legal dispensation, in comparison of the more clear light under the Gospel dispensation; they having been wrapped up in types and shadows, and in the rites and ceremonies of the law, but now held forth clearly and plainly in the ministry of Christ and his apostles, as in a glass: these Christ says he would "utter" or deliver out as water from a fountain, in great plenty, as he did; he came in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel; and being full of grace and truth, the doctrines of grace and truth, these came by him, and were delivered from him in all their fulness and glory.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, he would bring out what he had to say by a course of reasoning founded on an analogy drawn from the ancient history of the people.

I will utter dark sayings of old - Of ancient times; that is, maxims, or sententious thoughts, which had come down from past times, and which embodied the results of ancient observation and reflection. Compare Psalms 49:4, where the word rendered “dark sayings” is explained. He would bring out, and apply, to the present case, the maxims of ancient wisdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:2. In a parable — Or, I will give you instruction by numerous examples; see Psalms 49:1-4, which bears a great similarity to this; and see the notes there. The term parable, in its various acceptations, has already been sufficiently explained; but משל mashal may here mean example, as opposed to תורה torah, law or precept, Psalms 78:1.