Psalm 5:4-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 5:1-6

The title of this psalm has nothing in it peculiar but that it is said to be upon Nehiloth, a word nowhere else used. It is conjectured (and it is but a conjecture) that is signifies wind?instruments, with which this psalm was sung, as Neginoth was supposed to signify the stringed?instruments. In Ps. 5:1-6 David had an eye to God, I. As a prayer-hearing God; such he has always been ever since men began to call upon the name of the Lord, and yet is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. Observe... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 5:7-12

In Ps. 5:7-12 David gives three characters?of himself, of his enemies, and of all the people of God, and subjoins a prayer to each of them. I. He gives an account of himself and prays for himself, Ps. 5:7, 8. 1. He is stedfastly resolved to keep closely to God and to his worship. Sinners go away from God, and so make themselves odious to his holiness and obnoxious to his justice: ?But, as for me, that shall not keep me from thee.? God's holiness and justice are so far from being a terror to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:4

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness ,.... Sin, ungodliness; it is contrary to his nature, who is holy, just, and good; and to his will revealed in his law, which is the same with his nature; and sin is a transgression of it. God is so far from taking pleasure in sin, that it is the abominable thing which his righteous soul hates; though this hinders not his voluntary permission of sin, or his decree of it; which he has willed, though he does not delight in it, in order... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:5

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight ,.... By the "foolish" are meant not such who are so in a natural, but in a moral sense, wicked and ungodly men. The Septuagint render the word, "transgressors of the law"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "the unrighteous"; and the Arabic version, "they that contradict thy precepts". The word F8 הוללים "jactitantes", Gejerus; "insane gloriosi", Michaelis; so Ainsworth. used comes from a root which signifies to "praise"; and may design such as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:6

Thou shall destroy them that speak leasing ,.... Or "a lie" F9 כזב "mendacium", V. L. ; whether in matters of religion; as false doctrines, errors, and heresies, are lies; and so all that deny the deity, sonship, and Messiahship of Christ, are liars; and the followers of the man of sin speak lies in hypocrisy: or in common conversation; such are like to Satan, and are abominable in the sight of God; and he will destroy them, either with a temporal destruction, with bodily diseases,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:7

But as for me, I will come into thy house ,.... The tabernacle of Moses, sometimes called the house of God, 1 Chronicles 9:23 ; for as yet the temple was not built. Here David had been used to go in times past; and though he was now in a kind of exile from it, he was confident he should again enter into and determined so to do whenever he had an opportunity, and that in the following manner: in the multitude of thy mercy ; grace or goodness. God is rich in mercy, abundant in goodness... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:4

Neither shall evil dwell with thee - As thou art holy, so thou hast pleasure only in holiness; and as to evil men, they shall never enter into thy glory; רע יגרך לא lo yegurecha ra , "the evil man shall not even sojourn with thee." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:5

The foolish shall not stand - He is a fool and a madman who is running himself out of breath for no prize, who is fighting against the Almighty; this every wicked man does; therefore is every wicked man a fool and a madman. Thou hatest all workers of iniquity - Some sin now and then, others generally; some constantly, and some labor in it with all their might. These are the Workers of iniquity. Such even the God of infinite love and mercy hates. Alas! what a portion have the workers of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:6

That speak leasing - Falsity, from the Anglo-Saxon leasunge , a lie, falsity, deceit; from leas , lie, which is from the verb leasian to lie. See on Psalm 4:2 ; (note). The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man - דמים איש ish damim , the man of bloods; for he who has the spirit of a murderer, will rarely end with one bloodshedding. So the Jews, who clamored for the blood of our Lord, added to that, as far and as long as they could, the blood of his disciples. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:7

In the multitude of thy mercy - David considered it an inexpressible privilege to be permitted to attend public worship; and he knew that it was only through the multitude of God's mercy that he, or any man else, could enjoy such a privilege. He knew farther that, from the multitude of this mercy, he might receive innumerable blessings in his house. In this spirit, and with this dependence, he went to the house of the Lord. He who takes David's views of this subject will never, willingly, be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 5:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 5:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 5:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 5:7

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