Mazmur 32:9

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Janganlah seperti kuda atau bagal yang tidak berakal, yang kegarangannya harus dikendalikan dengan tali les dan kekang, kalau tidak, ia tidak akan mendekati engkau.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Janganlah seperti kuda atau bagal yang tidak berakal, yang kegarangannya harus dikendalikan dengan tali les dan kekang, kalau tidak, ia tidak akan mendekati engkau.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka janganlah kamu seperti kuda atau bagal yang tiada berakal, yang mulutnya dikenakan kang dan tali kang, supaya jangan ia dekat kepadamu.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Thou art my refuge, thou wylt preserue me from trouble: thou wylt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce. Selah. ⁸ I will geue thee wise instructions, and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go: & I wil guyde thee with mine eye. ⁹ Be ye not lyke a horse [or] lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee. ¹⁰ Great plagues remaine for the vngodly: but who so putteth his trust in God, mercy imbraceth him on euery side. ¹¹ Be glad in God, & reioyce O ye righteous: be ioyfull also all ye that be vpright of heart.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be ye: Proverbs 26:3, Jeremiah 31:18, James 3:3, James 4:7-10

no: Job 35:11, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 8:6, Jeremiah 8:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:12 - General 2 Kings 19:28 - I will put Job 41:13 - double Psalms 25:9 - guide Psalms 73:22 - as a Psalms 92:6 - A brutish Proverbs 10:13 - a rod Proverbs 12:1 - he that Isaiah 30:28 - a bridle Isaiah 37:29 - will I Jeremiah 35:13 - Will James 1:26 - bridleth

Cross-References

Genesis 17:7
Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee.

Genesis 28:13
Yea, and God from aboue leaned vpon it, and sayde: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isahac, the land which thou sleepest vpon, wyll I geue thee and thy seede.

Genesis 31:3
And the Lorde sayde vnto Iacob: turne agayne into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kynrede, and I wyll be with thee.

Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where thou annoyntedst the stone set vp on an ende, and where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me: nowe therefore aryse, and get thee out of this countrey, and returne vnto the lande where thou wast borne.

Genesis 31:29
For it is in my hand through God to do you hurt: But the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying: Take heede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

Genesis 31:42
And except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isahac had ben with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe all emptie: but God behelde my tribulation and the labour of my handes, and rebuked [thee] yesternyght.

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, and the God of theyr father, be iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isahac.

Genesis 32:4
And he commaunded them, saying: Thus shall ye speake to my Lorde Esau, thy seruaunt Iacob sayeth thus: I haue ben a straunger with Laban, and haue stayed there vnto this time.

Genesis 32:6
And the messengers came agayne to Iacob, saying: we came to thy brother Esau, and he commeth to meete thee, and hath foure hundred men with him.

Genesis 32:7
But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding,.... The design of this exhortation is to direct men how to behave under the instructions given; not as brutes, which have no rational faculties, but as men; that they should not show themselves thoughtless, stupid, and unteachable, as these animals, or worse than they; nor stubborn and obstinate, refractory and untractable, resolving not to be taught, stopping the ear, and pulling away the shoulder; nor ill natured and mischievous; not only hating instruction, casting away the law of the Lord, but kicking and spurning at, and persecuting such who undertake to instruct them; as these creatures sometimes attempt to throw their riders, and, when down, kick at them;

whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee; to do mischief, bite or kick; or "because they do not come near to thee" t; and that they may come near, and be brought into subjection, and become obedient; therefore such methods are used; see James 3:3; there is in the words a tacit intimation, that men are commonly, and for the most part, like these creatures, stupid, stubborn, and mischievous; and therefore severe methods are used by the Lord, sore chastenings, to humble and instruct them; see

Jeremiah 31:18; the mule, more especially, is remarkable for its stupidity u; and though the horse is docile, yet he is sometimes stubborn and refractory.

t בל קרב אליך "quia non accedunt ad te", Grotius. u "Mule, nihil sentis----", Catullus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be ye not as the horse - The horse as it is by nature - wild, ungoverned, unwilling to be caught and made obedient. The counsel referred to in the previous verse is here given; and it is, that one who wishes to obtain the favor of God should not be as the wild and unbroken horse, an animal that can be subdued only by a curb, but should evince a calm, submissive spirit - a spirit “disposed” to obey and submit. If he becomes a subject of God’s government, he is not to be subdued and held as the horse is - by mere force; there must be the cheerful submission of the will. People are not brought into the service of God by physical power; they are not kept there by an iron “curb.” They come and yield themselves willingly to his law; they “must” come with that spirit if they would find the favor of God.

Or as the mule - The mule is distinguished for its obstinacy, and this is evidently the ground of comparison here. The meaning is, be tractable, gentle, yielding; submit to the guidance and direction of God and his truth.

Which have no understanding - That cannot be controlled by reason and conscience. They are governed only by power and by fear. People have reason and conscience, and they should allow themselves to be controlled by appeals TO their reason and to their moral sense. They are not made to be governed as brutes are. Since they have a higher nature, they should permit themselves to be governed by it.

Whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle - More literally, “in bit and bridle is their ornament to restrain them;” that is, the trappings or the ornaments of the horse and the mule consist of the bridle and the bit, the purpose of which is to restrain or control them. The allusion, however, is not to the bit and bridle as an “ornament,” but as the ordinary trappings of the mule and the horse.

Lest they come near unto thee - Or rather, “because of its not approaching thee;” that is, because the horse and the mule will not come to thee of their own accord, but must be restrained and controlled.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 32:9. Be ye not as the horse or as the mule — They will only act by force and constraint; be not like them; give a willing service to your Maker. "They have no understanding;" you have a rational soul, made to be guided and influenced by reason. The service of your God is a reasonable service; act, therefore, as a rational being. The horse and the mule are turned with difficulty; they must be constrained with bit and bridle. Do not be like them; do not oblige your Maker to have continual recourse to afflictions, trials, and severe dispensations of providence, to keep you in the way, or to recover you after you have gone out of it.