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
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