Psalm 78:2

New Catholic Bible

²I will open my mouth in parables^[a]
and expound the mysteries of the past.

Psalm 78:2 Parables in Hebrew means comparisons, or any sayings with deeper meaning, which are to be understood via the hidden comparison; in this case, the parable is the whole psalm. This passage is used by Mt 13:35 as a foreshadowing of Christ’s teaching in parables (see also Ps 49:5; Ezek 17:2; 24:3).

New Catholic Bible (NCB)