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I will open my mouth in a parable,[a]
    unfold the puzzling events of the past.(A)
What we have heard and know;
    things our ancestors have recounted to us.(B)
We do not keep them from our children;
    we recount them to the next generation,
The praiseworthy deeds of the Lord and his strength,
    the wonders that he performed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 78:2 Parable: Hebrew mashal literally refers to some sort of relationship of comparison and can signify a story whose didactic potential becomes clear in the telling, as here in the retrospective examination of the history of Israel. Mt 13:35 cites the verse to explain Jesus’ use of parables.