I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
The words of the psalm are Christ's own words, proved because Matthew 13:35 cites this verse as fulfilled when Christ spoke in parables. He issues in it a universal summons, calling upon all the earth and the whole world to listen and hear. He speaks wisdom because He is Wisdom itself.
He listens closely by inclining the ear to a parable and then opens its hidden meaning upon the harp, showing that the psalms contain teachings meant both to be understood and to be sung. The harp gives voice to a profound or hidden meaning that words alone cannot convey, expressing what cannot be put into words. The psalm to which this verse belongs teaches the necessity of trusting in God.
Its parable exposes the vanity of riches and their inability to redeem a soul. It also exposes the self-confidence and vain-glory of men who continue generation after generation in wickedness. It contrasts the end of the wicked, laid like sheep in the grave, with the end of the righteous, who gain dominion in the morning. That morning dominion means redemption from the power of the grave and a share in the first resurrection to live and reign with Christ, a morning joy set before Him and before His people.
The words of the psalm are Christ's own words, proved because Matthew 13:35 cites this verse as fulfilled when Christ spoke in parables. He issues in it a universal summons, calling upon all the earth and the whole world to listen and hear. He speaks wisdom because He is Wisdom itself.
He listens closely by inclining the ear to a parable and then opens its hidden meaning upon the harp, showing that the psalms contain teachings meant both to be understood and to be sung. The harp gives voice to a profound or hidden meaning that words alone cannot convey, expressing what cannot be put into words. The psalm to which this verse belongs teaches the necessity of trusting in God.
Its parable exposes the vanity of riches and their inability to redeem a soul. It also exposes the self-confidence and vain-glory of men who continue generation after generation in wickedness. It contrasts the end of the wicked, laid like sheep in the grave, with the end of the righteous, who gain dominion in the morning. That morning dominion means redemption from the power of the grave and a share in the first resurrection to live and reign with Christ, a morning joy set before Him and before His people.