Psalm 78:2

New International Version

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”

Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.