Matthew Henry Commentary Deuteronomy 25:4

"Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain]." — Deuteronomy 25:4 (ASV)

This is a charge to farmers. It teaches us to care well for the animals that serve us. But we must learn not only to be just, but kind to all who are employed for the good of our better part, our souls (1 Corinthians 9:9).