Psalm 78:2 {77:2}
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I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

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 hidden from the foundation of the world.

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

Proverbs 1:6
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ezekiel 24:3
And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water in it.

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I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

I will

Psalm 49:4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

Matthew 13:13,34,35 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. . . .

dark sayings

Proverbs 1:6 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Matthew 13:11-13 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. . . .

Mark 4:34 And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
1Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.3How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us.…
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I will open
אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה (’ep̄·tə·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

my mouth
פִּ֑י (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

in parables;
בְמָשָׁ֣ל (ḇə·mā·šāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

I will utter
אַבִּ֥יעָה (’ab·bî·‘āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5042: To gush forth, to utter, to emit

things hidden
חִ֝יד֗וֹת (ḥî·ḏō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question

from
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

of old,
קֶֽדֶם׃ (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time


Additional Translations
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from of old,I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
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