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Be you not as the horse - The horse as it is by nature—wild, ungoverned, and unwilling to be caught and made obedient. The counsel …

Whose mouth. — Here the text has evidently suffered, and the exact meaning is lost. There are also verbal difficulties. The word t…

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 …

Be not like the horse or mule. David now briefly explains the substance of the counsel which he formerly said he would give. He exhorts al…

Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no
understanding
The design of…

God teaches by His word and guides with the secret intimations of His will. David gives a word of caution to sinners. The reason for this caution i…

1. Here begins the fourth set of ten psalms from the first fifty.
Just as the first ten contained psalms about the persecution by Absa…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes