“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.”
The psalmist understands himself to be addressing the community on behalf of God, promising that God will instruct and teach the faithful in the way they should go. The phrase "I will instruct you and teach you" suggests God's pedagogical role. The promise "I will counsel you with my eye upon you" emphasizes that God's guidance is not distant but involved and attentive. The verse suggests that the psalmist has been taught by experience and now offers himself as a conduit of God's instruction.
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