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Psalms 32:8 — Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing—and how to apply it today
King James Version
" I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. "
Psalms 32:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
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
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass
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Psalms 32:1
"[[A Psalm of David, Maschil.]] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
Psalms 32:2
"Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile."
Psalms 32:3
"When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day"
Psalms 32:4
"For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah."
Psalms 32:5
"I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah."
Psalms 32:6
"For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh"
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