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Psalm 32:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 32 · verse 8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.Psalm 32:8 · King James Version
What Psalm 32:8 means
God is the one speaking here, not David. Three verbs: instruct, teach, guide. And guide thee with mine eye is close attention rather than distant direction. The psalm is about sin confessed and forgiven, so the guidance is offered to somebody who had just gone badly wrong.
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Psalm 32:8 in context
6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
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.
10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- Psalms 33:18
- Psalms 25:8-10
- Matthew 11:29
- Proverbs 8:10-11
- Isaiah 49:10
- Proverbs 3:1
- Psalms 34:11
Key words (Strong's)
- instructsâkalto be circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919 →
- teachyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
- guideyâʻatsto adviseH3289 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
- goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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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, Psa 32:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-11