Psalms 49:4
What meaning of the psalms 49:4 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 49:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp."
What does Psalms 49:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp."
Verse Psalms 49:4. _I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR TO A PARABLE_] This was the general method of conveying instruction among the Asiatics. They used much figure and metaphor to induce the reader to study dee...
I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR TO A PARABLE - The phrase “I will incline mine ear” means that he would listen or attend to - as we incline our ear toward those whom we are anxious to hear, or in the directio...
Psalms 49 Retrospects and Meditations _ 1. Hear this, all ye peoples! (Psalms 49:1)_ 2. His message of retrospect and encouragement (Psalms 49:5) If such is the outcome and the goal of the purpose...
XLIX. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20, and it probably stood originally after Psalms...
DARK. deep....
A solemn introduction, addressed to men of every nation and every class, emphasising the importance of the Psalmist's theme....
I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR TO A PARABLE, &C.— Much of the eastern wisdom consisted in the understanding of parables, and in the interpretation of dark sayings or riddles: the mysterious cover to this kin...
PSALMS 49 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Death and Redemption: Oppressed Saints Comforted and Oppressors Rebuked. ANALYSIS Startta I, Psalms 49:1-6, An Introduction, consisting of the Proem and the Problem. St...
_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 wil...
There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his f...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR. — The psalmist first _listens,_ that he may himself catch the inspiration which is to reach others through his song. It was an obvious metaphor in a nation to whom God’s voice...
_[Psalms 49:5]_ אַטֶּ֣ה לְ מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝ כִנֹּ֗ור חִידָתִֽי׃...
Psalms 49:1 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present inequal...
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN RICHES Psalms 49:1 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to God's vo...
This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. There...
_Earth. As if they were animated, Deuteronomy iv. 26., and xxxii. 1., Isaias i. 2., and Jeremias ii. 12. --- Some understand the angels and apostles by heaven. (Calmet) --- Judge. Literally, "to divid...
The Psalmist demands to be heard in what he had to deliver, on account of its importance; but to conciliate affection, he proposes not to make his subject personal; but, according to the eastern metho...
4._I will incline my ear _(214) _to a parable _The Hebrew word משל _, mashal, _(215) which I have translated _parable, _properly denotes a _similitude; _but it is often applied to any deep or weighty...
Psalms 49 is a moral conclusion for all, founded on these judgments of God. Wealth, elevation, all that is exalted in man, is nothing. Man expects to endure, gives his own name to his lands, blesses h...
I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR TO A PARABLE,.... In which way of speaking the doctrines of the Gospel were delivered out by Christ, Matthew 13:3. Wherefore the prophet, representing his apostles and discipl...
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Ver. 4. _I will incline mine ear to a parable_] _q.d._ I desire you to do no more than I will do myself. I believed, th...
Psa. 49:3, 4. "My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable. I will open my dark sayings upon the harp." Being about t...
_My mouth shall speak of wisdom_ I shall not treat of trivial things, nor of those I have but slightly considered; but about the most weighty matters, which my mind hath greatly pondered. I will enric...
OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GOODS. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Korah,...
1-5 We seldom meet with a more solemn introduction: there is no truth of greater importance. Let all hear this with application to ourselves. The poor are in danger from undue desire toward the wealth...
I WILL INCLINE MINE EAR: this is another argument to persuade them to hearken to him: I will hearken what God by his Spirit speaks to me, and that and nothing else will I now speak to you; and therefo...
Psalms 49:4 incline H5186 (H8686) ear H241 proverb H4912 disclose H6605 (H8799) saying H2420 harp H3658 incline - Psalms 78:2; Matthew 13:35 parable - Numbers 23:7; Ezekiel 20:49;...
AN APPEAL TO LISTEN TO HIS WORDS (PSALMS 49:1). The Psalmist commences by making an appeal to all men, both high and low, rich and poor, to listen to his wisdom. Note his recognition that he is speaki...
Psalms 49:4 There are two voices always speaking in man, and attempting to govern all other influences in his soul despondency and aspiration. The text points to two principles. (1) There is the bowi...
The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descripti...
CONTENTS: The despicable character of those who trust in their wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is no security in the possession and enjoyment of wealth, for money cannot buy the...
Psalms 49:1. _Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world._ The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:3. _...
_Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together._ THE INEQUALITIES OF SOCIETY Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of Sen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:1. This is a wisdom psalm. In particular, it addresses the confusion that the faithful often feel when they encounter trouble even while unfaithful people seem to get alo...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah_.” See Introduction to Psalms 42. Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are unk...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1, and Psalms 73:1. It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, whom the wicked perse...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understandin...
2 Corinthians 3:12; Daniel 8:23; Ezekiel 20:49; Luke 12:3; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 13:35; Numbers 23:7; Proverbs 1:6; Psalms 78:2...
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, dar...