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I will make you understandאַשְׂכִּילְךָand teach youוְאוֹרְךָin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְthatזוּyou should go;תֵלֵךְI will counsel youאִיעֲצָהwith my eyeעֵינִיupon you.עָלֶיךָ
Psalms 32:8
Study it in the app“I will make you understand and teach you in the way that you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
God promises to teach the way and advise you, with his eye on youGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 32:8, word by word
- I will make you understandאַשְׂכִּילְaskil
instruct
To explain something so that another understands.
Where else “askil” appears- and teach youאוֹרְor
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “or” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- thatזוּzu
which
Joins a clause to what has just been named (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- you should goתֵלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- I will counsel youאִיעֲצָהiatsa
advise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “iatsa” appears- with my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears
Translation note
From here on the speaker seems to be God, who answers the one who confessed.
The context
7You are my hiding place; from distress you will guard me; with shouts of joy of deliverance you will surround me. Selah.
8 · This verse (above)
9Do not be like a horse, like a mule, without understanding, with bit and bridle its trappings to restrain it; it does not come near to you.