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9Be 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. …
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)David is here improving the experience he had had of the comfort of pardoning mercy. I. He speaks to God, and professes his confidence in him and expectation from him, Ps. 32:7. Having tasted the sweetness of divine grace to a penitent sinner, he cannot doubt of the continuance of that grace to a praying saint, and that in that grace he should find both safety and joy. 1. Safety: “ Thou art my hid…
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