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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 32:9

Psalms 32:9. Be not as the horse, or as the mule God hath endowed you with reason, both to inform you what you ought to do. and to check you when you do amiss, and hath made you capable also of receiving good admonitions from others; do not therefore follow your own unbridled lusts and appetites; much less be refractory and untractable, when God would reduce you from the error of your ways; as if you were not men, but headstrong horses and mules, which can by no means be curbed or governed,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 32:1-11

Psalms 32:0 The joy of the forgiven sinnerWhen people are honest with God and confess their sin to him, they experience the unspeakable joy of knowing that their sin is forgiven (1-2). If, however, instead of acknowledging their sin they try to push it out of the mind, they only create greater distress and tension for themselves. This can lead to a falling away in physical health (3-4). But when confession is made, forgiveness follows, the burden of the mind is removed, and people enjoy afresh... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 32:9

horse . . . mule. Compare Proverbs 26:3 . bit . . . bridle. See note on "eye", Psalms 32:8 . Lest = Otherwise they will not. come near = draw near: i.e. for help and instruction, so as to understand what they are to do: (1) to help, Hebrew. karab, App-43 . (Deuteronomy 4:7 . Deu 34:18 ; Psalms 119:151 ; Psalms 145:18 . Nehemiah 13:4 ); or (2) i n worship (Leviticus 16:1 . 1 Samuel 14:36 . Ezekiel 40:46 ; Ezekiel 44:15 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 32:9

9. The latter clause, more literally, "in that they come not near thee"; that is, because they will not come, &c., unless forced by bit and bridle. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 32:1-11

Psalms 32In this psalm of wisdom and thanksgiving, David urged those who sin against the Lord to seek His pardon, with the encouragement that He is gracious with the penitent. He will, however, chasten the unrepentant.Different scholars have identified different psalms as wisdom psalms. Bullock regarded 32, 34, 37, 47, 73, 112, 127-28, and 133 as wisdom psalms. Some literary distinctives of wisdom psalms are proverbs, admonitions (often taken from nature), similes, "blessed," "son" or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 32:8-9

The psalmist instructed the godly further, as a teacher who carefully watched over their welfare. His counsel was to yield to the Lord quickly rather than resisting Him. It is better for the godly to walk in the moral will of God willingly than for God to put pressure on them to do so. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 32:1-11

The subject of the Ps. is the happiness that follows the confession of sin and the experience of forgiveness. This is generally set forth at the beginning (Psalms 32:1-2). Then the Psalmist relates his own spiritual history of misery before confession (Psalms 32:3-4), and of relief after it (Psalms 32:5). He next commends the practice of prayer (Psalms 32:6), and expresses his own confidence in God (Psalms 32:7). In Psalms 32:8 God speaks in words of promise, and the closing vv. are devoted to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 32:9

(9) Whose mouth.—Here the text has evidently suffered, and the exact meaning is lost. There are also verbal difficulties. The word translated “mouth” elsewhere (except Psalms 103:5, where see Note) means “ornament,” and the literal rendering of the text as it stands is, with bit and bridle his ornament to hold, not approaching to thee. This may mean that the animal is harnessed, either “that it may not approach,” or “because without harness it will not approach.” In either case the general... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 32:1-11

Psalms 32:3-4 We all of us know that repentance of our sins is necessary for us, if we hope to be saved in the next world. True repentance is the path, the only path, of forgiveness, of restoration to God's favour, of becoming good and holy. But I. What is Repentance? It is the breaking off with our sins. It is not merely being sorry for them; not merely looking them in the face, and admitting the truth, when conscience convinces us that we have done wrong. All this is very necessary;... read more

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