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Don`t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
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Be Teachable, Not Stubborn
Commentators universally see this verse as a call to be willingly guided by God rather than being forced. Unlike a horse or mule that requires a physical 'bit and bridle' due to a lack of understanding, believers are called to use their reason and conscience to submit to God's gentle leading. Acting stubbornly invites harsher, more painful forms of divine correction.
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Psalms
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Whose mouth. — Here the text has evidently suffered, and the exact meaning is lost. There are also verbal difficulties. The word t…
Baptist
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 …
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
