Duane Manuel gives insight into the passage... "do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Apparently owners of the ox lacked compassion and were greedy and did not want the ox to eat grain while treading with the millstone. They would muzzle the ox. This teaching which also appears in New Testament indicates that you can actually harvest more grain in keeping the ox strong. There are several possibilities of meaning.
1) Keep the ox strong and do not hinder the work
2) A worker deserves it wages (Paul's meaning)
3) Show compassion in times of prosperity
4) Animals are God's creations too and deserve fair treatment.
Psalm 117 is one of the shortest. Twenty-nine words in all and only two verses. Enjoy for Psalm 119 is coming...are you ready? 176 verses.
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