Psalms Chapter 32 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
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BBE Psalms 32:8

I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.
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DARBY Psalms 32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.
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KJV Psalms 32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
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WBT Psalms 32:8

I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.
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WEB Psalms 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
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YLT Psalms 32:8

I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
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Psalms 32 : 8 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8, 9. - St. Jerome, and others after him, including Dr. Kay, have regarded this passage as an utterance of God, who first admonishes David, and then passes on to an admonition of the Israelites generally. But such a sudden intrusion of a Divine utterance, without any notice of a change of speaker, is without parallel in the Psalms, and should certainly not be admitted without some plain necessity. Here is no necessity at all. The words are quite suitable in the mouth of David, as an admonition to the Israelites of his time; they accord with the title, which he himself seems to have prefixed to the psalm, and explain it; and they fulfil the promise made in Psalm 51:15. Verse 8. - I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go. We must suppose the "godly man" of ver. 6 addressed, if we regard David as the speaker. Such a man was not beyond the need of instruction and teaching, since he was liable to sins of infirmity, and even to grievous falls, as had been seen by David's example. I will guide thee with mine eye; i.e. "I will keep watch over thee with mine eye, and guide thee as I see to be necessary."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) 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 preferred. This verse changes so abruptly to the first person that it is better, with most of the old interpreters and, among moderns, with Ewald, Hitzig, and Reuss, to suppose them the words of deliverance that sound so sweet in the psalmist's ears.