Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 32:8-9

Psalms 32:8-9I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go.A teachable dispositionA teachable disposition is implied by the notable words, “I will guide thee with Mine eye.” We lay great stress on these words. It is manifest that the eye of God can guide none but those who are diligently observing the lightest indications of His will. And the following verse contains a warning to them who are of an opposite disposition, who will yield only to harsh measures and severe... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 32:9

Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding.Bit and bridle: how to escape themI. A privilege to be sought.1. This guidance is very full in its nature.(1) God is prepared to give you an inward understanding of spiritual things; for His instruction is intensely effectual upon the mind.(2) God adds the precept to the doctrine, and instructs us in both.(3) Here is fellowship as well as instruction; for the guide goes with the traveller, and thus will God, in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 32:9

Psa 32:9 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. Ver. 9. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule ] David having, according to the title Maschil, promised to teach, useth this preface to bespeak attention. Be not uncounsellable, irreclaimable, such as Basil (Ad Evag. Epist. 10) complaineth of, qui neque quid sit verum sciunt, neque sustinent discere, who neither knew, nor would be... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 32:9

Be ye: Proverbs 26:3, Jeremiah 31:18, James 3:3, James 4:7-2 Samuel : no: Job 35:11, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 8:6, Jeremiah 8:7 Reciprocal: Exodus 4:12 - General 2 Kings 19:28 - I will put Job 41:13 - double Psalms 25:9 - guide Psalms 73:22 - as a Psalms 92:6 - A brutish Proverbs 10:13 - a rod Proverbs 12:1 - he that Isaiah 30:28 - a bridle Isaiah 37:29 - will I Jeremiah 35:13 - Will James 1:26 - bridleth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 32:9

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.Will not — Unless they be forced to it by a bit or bridle. And so all the ancient translators understand it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 32:9

9. Bit and bridle That is, by harsh and forcible means. A different class is here addressed, and the language and figures are correspondent. They cannot be trusted upon the ground of reasonableness or moral obligation, but must be governed by force or powerful constraints. Proverbs 26:3. Mouth The Hebrew word almost always means ornament, but it is absurd to force this sense upon it here, as some do. In Psalms 103:5 it means “mouth,” and the whole connexion and imagery of the present... read more

Group of Brands