Psalms 32:9

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7 ^aYou are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with ^bsongs of deliverance. Selah

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

9 Do not be like the ^ahorse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.

10 ^aMany sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But ^bhe who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.

11 ^aBe glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Psalms 32:9

Be ye not as the horse or as the mule - They will only act by force and constraint; be not like them; give a willing service to your Maker. "They have no understanding;" you have a rational soul, made to be guided and influenced by reason. The service of your God is a reasonable service; act, therefore, as a rational being. The horse and the mule are turned with difficulty; they must be constrained with bit and bridle. Do not be like them; do not oblige your Maker to have continual recourse to afflictions, trials, and severe dispensations of providence, to keep you in the way, or to recover you after you have gone out of it.

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