Psalms 32:9
Be all of you 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 you.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with mine eye.
10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Cross References
Job 30:11Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Job 41:13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are foolish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock is not accustomed to the yoke: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.
James 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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 →