Psalms 5:7

"But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house:

In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

Make thy way straight before my face."

"Will I worship before thy holy temple." The temple, of course, had not been built in the days of David; and it can be alleged that this casts a reflection upon the ancient tradition that attributes the psalm to David. However, as Maclaren pointed out, The Hebrew word for "temple" used here is also used of the tabernacle in Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:9; 3:3).[5]

The word for "worship" in this passage is actually a reference to one's prostrating himself before God.[6]

The comment of Adam Clarke on Psalms 5:7 was that, "David considered it an inexpressible privilege to be permitted to attend public worship."[7] Note that the psalmist attributed the privilege of such worship to the "abundance of the lovingkindness of God." Even in our own times, it is a mark of God's blessing and lovingkindness that men are permitted to live in a location where the attendance of public worship is possible. Furthermore, no man who has the spirit of the author of this Psalm will ever be absent willingly from the public worship of God.