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Psalm 32:8
“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.”
Psalm 32:8, King James Version (KJV)
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Psalm 32 (KJV)
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
- 1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- 2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
- 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- 5I 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.
- 6For 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 unto him.
- 7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- 9Be 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 thee.
- 10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- 11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. …
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They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
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1769 standardized text (eBible.org eng-kjv). Public domain outside the United Kingdom. Text courtesy of the Crosswire Bible Society and eBible.org. World English Bible Protestant Edition (eBible engwebp, 2026-09-15 snapshot). Public domain. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org. Text unmodified; footnotes and formatting omitted. Related verses: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0), from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.