Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:8
‘Lead me, O YHWH, in your righteousness because of my enemies, Make your way level before my face.’ He asks God, because He is righteous, to lead him, in view of those who lie in wait for him. He needs protection from those who are seeking to entrap him, and asks that God will show him the way ahead, and will keep his path level so that he will not stumble or fall on it. For ‘in your righteousness’ see Psalms 31:1; Psalms 71:2; Psalms 119:40; Psalms 143:1; Psalms 143:11, where it clearly means... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:7
‘But as for me, in the multitude of your lovingkindness I will come into your house, In your fear I will worship towards your holy temple.’ His own entry before God rests in his confidence in God’s overwhelming lovingkindness (‘warm covenant love’ - chesed), His benevolence and goodness, and his own reverent awe and fear. He comes aware of the greatness and holiness of God, but also aware of His grace and mercy revealed through the covenant between God and His people, a covenant which has... read more