Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 32:8
I will — This and the next verse seems to be the words of God, whom David brings in as returning this answer to his prayers. Mine eye — So Christ did St. Peter, when he turned and looked upon him.
I will — This and the next verse seems to be the words of God, whom David brings in as returning this answer to his prayers. Mine eye — So Christ did St. Peter, when he turned and looked upon him.
Verse Psalms 32:8. _I WILL INSTRUCT THEE_] These are probably the Lord's words to David. Seeing thou art now sensible of the mercy thou hast received from me, and art purposing to live to my glory, I...
I WILL INSTRUCT THEE - Many interpreters have understood this to refer to God - as if he were now introduced as speaking, and as saying that he would be the guide of those who thus submitted to him, a...
Psalms 32 Fullest Blessing _ 1. The blessedness of righteousness imputed (Psalms 32:1)_ 2. The blessedness of hiding-place (Psalms 32:6) 3. The blessedness of guidance and preservation ...
XXXII. PARDON OF SIN. Psalms 32:1 f. The joy of Divine pardon. Psalms 32:3. Sin remitted on confession. Psalms 32:6 f. The security of the godly. Read, in time of stress and omit surely....
I WILL INSTRUCT. Jehovah now speaks. See the Structure on p. 748. INSTRUCT. Hence the title "Maschil". See App-65. Note the Figure of speech _Anabasis_ (App-6): instruct, teach, guide. SHALT GO. goe...
Who is the speaker? The Psalmist or God? Most commentators suppose that it is the Psalmist, who now assumes the part of teacher, as in Psalms 34:11, and fulfils the promise of Psalms 51:13. But surely...
I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE— _Let me counsel thee with mine eye towards thee:_ Mudge: who observes, that the author undertakes to instruct whoever he be that hears him, and to give him a hint of a...
Psalms 32, 33 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Felicitations to the Forgiven, and Examples of the Songs that they Sing. ANALYSIS Part I., Psalms 32. Stanza I., Psalms 32:1-4, Happy the Forgiven; yet Divine Discipl...
_I WILL INSTRUCT THEE AND TEACH THEE IN THE WAY WHICH THOU SHALT GO: I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE._...
32:8 thee. (a-23) Or 'I will give counsel, with,' &c....
GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE] RV 'counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.' God does not leave those whom He counsels to walk in their own strength, but watches over their way....
The subject of the Ps. is the happiness that follows the confession of sin and the experience of forgiveness. This is generally set forth at the beginning (Psalms 32:1). Then the Psalmist relates his...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE. — The Hebrew may be rendered either “I will advise — with mine eye upon thee,” or “I will fix mine eye upon thee,” which is the translation by the LXX., and to be pref...
אַשְׂכִּֽילְךָ֨ ׀ וְֽ אֹורְךָ֗ בְּ דֶֽרֶךְ ־ז֥וּ...
Psalms 32:1 ONE must have a dull ear not to hear the voice of personal experience in this psalm. It throbs with emotion, and is a burst of rapture from a heart tasting the sweetness of the new joy of...
THE SONG OF THE FORGIVEN Psalms 32:1 David wrote this psalm, Romans 4:6. _Maschil_ means “to give instruction.” We are deeply instructed as to the working of conscience. Compare with Psalms 51:1. Thi...
This is known as the second of the penitential psalms. It is the song of a man who is rejoicing in the assurance of restoration. Opening with a burst of praise which reveals the experimental knowledge...
I will (h) instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (h) David promises to make the rest of God's children partakers of the benefits which he felt,...
All these expressions, if accepted in reference to what went before, are to the same effect, and directed to the same purpose. God will guide his people with his counsel, and compass them about with m...
Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....
8._I will instruct thee, and teach thee. _That his exhortation may have the greater force, the divine speaker directs his discourse to every man individually; for the doctrine which is spoken penetrat...
Now (Psalms 32) we have what he wants still more the forgiveness of sins. The pressure of affliction turns him to God's law, but to the consciousness of having broken it. Righteousness in that sense h...
I WILL INSTRUCT THEE,.... Or "cause thee to understand" q. These are by many thought to be the words of the Lord, who gives to a man an understanding of spiritual things; he instructs by his providenc...
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Ver. 8. _I will instruct thee and teach thee, &c._] No disgrace is it then for great men to be tea...
_I will instruct thee_ Whoever thou art that desirest instruction; and _teach thee in the way which thou shalt go_ That is, in which thou oughtest to walk. Thus, in another of his penitential Psalms,...
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go, the eye of the Lord being directed upon every believer; I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE, counseling him with His eye upon him. That...
OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF A POOR SINNER. A psalm of David, Maschil, a contemplation, written probably after David had been restored to the grace of God, a little more than a year after his great sin wit...
I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE: _ Heb._ I will counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee...
8-11 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 is, that the way of sin will certainly end in so...
This and the next verse are the words, either, 1. Of God; whom David brings in as returning this answer to his prayers, and the profession of his trust in God. Or rather, 2. Of David himself; who hav...
Psalms 32:8 instruct H7919 (H8686) teach H3384 (H8686) way H1870 H2098 go H3212 (H8799) guide...
5). HE HEARS GOD'S VOICE AGAIN PROMISING TO LEAD HIM IN THE RIGHT WAY, ALTHOUGH REQUIRING THAT HE RESPOND TO HIS GUIDING HAND (8-9). ‘I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you will go,...
Psalms 32 In this Psalm David gives to the world his experience as a sinner. I. He tells us of the blessedness of forgiveness. He is blessed (1) because his sins are taken away; (2) because his sins...
Psalms 32:8 I. The text sets God before us as the Instructor and Guide of men. II. Notice the moral condition of various men and classes of men with regard to the rule of God. (1) There are the unbri...
«A Psalm of David, Maschil»: that is to say, an instructive psalm: «Maschil.» I suppose that David wrote it after he had been forgiven and restored to divine favor. I think we may read it as a part o...
Psalms 32:1. _Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered._ That is a wonderful word, almost the same in Hebrew as in English, covered, hidden, concealed, put away, removed, d...
Psalms 32:1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silenc...
Psalms 32:1. _Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered._ No man knows the blessedness of pardoned sin but the man who has felt the weight of guilt upon his conscience. If y...
CONTENTS: The blessedness of those whose sin is forgiven. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The only cover that will hide our sins forever away from God's sight is that provided in the atoning dea...
This Psalm, as well as Psalms 51., is generally understood to have been composed after the prophet Nathan had alarmed the conscience of David for the sin against Uriah. It is a psalm of praise for par...
_I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go._ A TEACHABLE DISPOSITION A teachable disposition is implied by the notable words, “I will guide thee with Mine eye.” We lay great...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 32:1. This is usually classified as a thanksgiving hymn. Worshipers thank God for the joy of having their sins forgiven. Since the psalm is about confession and forgiveness...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 32:6 THEREFORE. The conclusion for EVERYONE WHO IS GODLY is to OFFER PRAYER (of confession) AT A TIME WHEN God...
INTRODUCTION “This is the second of the seven penitential psalms, as they are called, which, says Selnecker, ‘St. Augustine used often to read with weeping heart and eyes, and which before his death h...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been selected by the Church for one of the "seven penitential psalms." It forms a part of the service of the synagogue on the great Day of Atonement. Yet it is almost as much...
Now this next psalm is thought to have been written at the time of David's sin with Bathsheba. After the prophet of God, Nathan, had come to him and spoken to him of that sin. We will get another psal...
Isaiah 49:10; Matthew 11:29; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:5; Proverbs 3:6;