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, that they come not near unto thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10Many are the sorrows of the wicked; but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy compasseth him about.
Cross References
Job 30:11For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
Job 41:13(41-5) Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
Jeremiah 4:22For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: 'Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf untrained; turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for Thou art the LORD my God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 32:8-11
Devout Confidence. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 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. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord , mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in… Read the whole commentary →