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But don’t be stubborn and stupid like horses and mules
    who, if not reined by leather and metal,
    will run wild, ignoring their masters.

10 Tormented and empty are wicked and destructive people,
    but the one who trusts in the Eternal is wrapped tightly in His gracious love.
11 Express your joy; be happy in Him, you who are good and true.
    Go ahead, shout and rejoice aloud, you whose hearts are honest and straightforward.

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Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
    or they will not come to you.
10 Many are the woes of the wicked,(B)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts(C) in him.

11 Rejoice in the Lord(D) and be glad, you righteous;
    sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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