New Revised Standard Version
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.

Contemporary English Version
I have in mind a mystery that I will explain while playing my harp.

New American Bible
I will turn my ear to a riddle, expound my question on a lyre.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

incline

Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

parable

Numbers 23:7 And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.

Ezekiel 20:49 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?

Matthew 13:11-15 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. . . .

dark

Proverbs 1:6 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Daniel 8:23 And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.

Luke 12:3 For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers shall be preached on the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12 Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence.