James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 32:1-11
Psalms 32 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning). Psalms 32-34 = Day 6 ( Evening). read more
Psalms 32 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning). Psalms 32-34 = Day 6 ( Evening). read more
5). He Hears God’s Voice Again Promising to Lead Him in The Right Way, Although Requiring That He Respond to His Guiding Hand (8-9). ‘I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you will go, I will guide you with my eye.’ God now speaks to David (it is YHWH who gives David counsel - Psalms 25:8; Psalms 25:12; Psalms 16:7; Psalms 73:24). We have only to recall other mentions of His silence (Psalms 28:1; Psalms 35:22; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 83:1; Psalms 109:1) to recognise how much it meant... read more
XXXII. Pardon of Sin. Psalms 32:1 f. The joy of Divine pardon. Psalms 32:3-Deuteronomy : . Sin remitted on confession. Psalms 32:6 f. The security of the godly. Read, “ in time of stress” and omit “ surely.” Psalms 32:8 . Their guidance by God. The general sense is “ Do not wait till affliction compels recourse to God.” Psalms 32:9 . Read, “ Be not like horse and mule which have no understanding, which must be brought to thee by bit and bridle.” The rest of the verse is probably a gloss. read more
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule; be not such brutish and sottish creatures as I have been, not having reason or grace to govern yourselves, nor hearkening to the counsels and admonitions of others. Lest they come near unto thee; lest they should come too near to thee, so as to bite or kick thee. But neither is this the common practice of horses or mules, of which he seems to speak; nor is this the proper use of a bit or bridle, to keep them from so doing; but rather to bring them nearer... read more
INTRODUCTION“This is the second of the seven penitential psalms, as they are called, which, says Selnecker, ‘St. Augustine used often to read with weeping heart and eyes, and which before his death he had written on the wall over against his sick-bed, that he might exercise himself therein, and find comfort therein in his sickness.’ St. Augustine’s own words, ‘Intelligentia prima, est ut te noris peccatorem,’ might stand as its motto. There can be little doubt that this psalm was composed after... read more
Psalms 32:0 In this Psalm David gives to the world his experience as a sinner. I. He tells us of the blessedness of forgiveness. He is blessed (1) because his sins are taken away; (2) because his sins are covered or hidden, and that from God, not from men; (3) because he is treated as innocent. II. He tells us of the result of his attempts to cover his sin. (1) His body suffered from the terrors of remorse. (2) The old freshness of his heart was gone, like a running stream dried up in the... read more
Bit and Bridle: How to Escape Them February 15th, 1891 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee." Psalms 32:8-9 . The joy of full forgiveness is described in the first two verses of this psalm: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is... read more
Psalms 32:1-11 Now this next psalm is thought to have been written at the time of David's sin with Bathsheba. After the prophet of God, Nathan, had come to him and spoken to him of that sin. We will get another psalm that relates to this same situation in Psalms 51:1-19 . Another of the Penitent psalms.David had many wives, and yet, one day while standing on the roof of his house and looking over the city of Jerusalem, he saw on the roof of a house nearby a beautiful lady bathing. And he was... read more
This Psalm, as well as Psalms 51:0., is generally understood to have been composed after the prophet Nathan had alarmed the conscience of David for the sin against Uriah. It is a psalm of praise for pardoning grace, though a pardon connected with punishment. Psalms 32:1 . Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. נשׂוי nesui, carried away, alluding to the scape-goat, and to the sin-offerings, on which the sin of the culprit was laid, and borne away. By consequence, the socinian... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 32:1-11
This is known as the second of the penitential psalms. It is the song of a man who is rejoicing in the assurance of restoration. Opening with a burst of praise which reveals the experimental knowledge of the happiness of forgiveness (1, 2), it proceeds to describe the bitterness of the soul's experience while sin is unconfused (3, 4). Then the way of restoration by confession and the readiness of Jehovah to forgive are declared (5). On the basis of such restoration the soul has access to God... read more