I will pay attention to a proverb. I will explain my riddle as I play the harp.

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听比喻，用琴解谜语。

我要侧耳听箴言，弹琴解释人生之谜。

我要留心聆听箴言；我要弹琴解开谜语。

我要侧耳听箴言，弹竖琴解开谜题。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。

我要側耳聽箴言，彈琴解釋人生之謎。

我要留心聆聽箴言；我要彈琴解開謎語。

我要傾耳聽箴言，我要用琴解開我的難題。

我要側耳聽箴言，彈豎琴解開謎題。

必傾耳聽喻言、鼓琴解秘語兮、

諺言隱語、我傾耳以諦聽、鼓琴以詠歌兮。

我欲側耳而聽喻言、彈琴以解隱語、

吾言具眞慧。平生涵玄默。

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

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

I will open my mouth and tell a story. I will speak about things that were hidden. They happened a long time ago.

So the words spoken by the prophet came true. He had said,“ I will open my mouth and tell stories. I will speak about things that were hidden since the world was made.”( Psalm 78:2)

What I’m teaching also helps you understand proverbs and stories. It helps you understand the sayings and riddles of those who are wise.

Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,“ Balak brought me from the land of Aram. The king of Moab sent for me from the mountains in the east.‘ Come,’ he said.‘ Put a curse on Jacob’s people for me. Come. Speak against Israel.’

With Moses I speak face to face. I speak with him clearly. I do not speak in riddles. I let him see something of what I look like. So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

“ Toward the end of their rule, those who refuse to obey God will become completely evil. Then another king will appear. He will have a scary- looking face. He will be a master at making clever plans.

Then I said,“ Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying,‘ Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”

What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. What you have whispered to someone behind closed doors will be shouted from the rooftops.

Since we have that kind of hope, we are very bold.

He replied,“ Because you have been given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. It has not been given to outsiders.Everyone who has this kind of knowledge will be given more knowledge. In fact, they will have very much. If anyone doesn’t have this kind of knowledge, even what little they have will be taken away from them.Here is why I use stories when I speak to the people. I say,“ They look, but they don’t really see. They listen, but they don’t really hear or understand.In them the words of the prophet Isaiah come true. He said,“‘ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.The hearts of these people have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn to the Lord, and then he would heal them.’( Isaiah 6:9, 10)