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Psalms 32:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 32:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 32:913 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּֽהְי֤וּtihəyw
you beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/ס֥וּסkəsws
like a horsepronH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
כְּ/פֶרֶד֮kəpered
like a mulepronH6505
אֵ֤יןʾēyn
which there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
הָ֫בִ֥יןhābiyn
is understandingverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
בְּ/מֶֽתֶגbəmeteg
with bridlepronH4964
bridle
וָ/רֶ֣סֶןwāresen
and halterconjH7448
עֶדְי֣/וֹʿedəywō
trappings itsnounH5716
excellent · ornament
לִ/בְל֑וֹםlibəlwōm
to restrainpronH1102
בַּ֝֗לbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
קְרֹ֣בqərōb
to draw nearverbH7126
bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···
אֵלֶֽי/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 32:9

To David himself; for understanding. 1. To David himself; for understanding; by which it is understood that not by the merits of works, but by the grace of God, man is delivered, confessing his sins. 2. “Blessed are they whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sins are covered” Psalm 31:1: and whose sins are buried in oblivion. “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, nor is there guile in his mouth” Psalm 31:2: nor has he in his mouth boastings of…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 32
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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