_GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS O LORD CONSIDER MY MEDITATION_ _ GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION._ Title. - UPON NEHILOTH, х_ 'EL_ (H413) _ HANªCHIYLOWT_ (H5155) 'on the flutes:' or 'to 'be sung TO wind-instruments' (Maurer), from _ CHAALAL_ (H2490), to bore. But 'el' is never used to int... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING, AND MY GOD: FOR UNTO THEE WILL I PRAY._ Hearken-used in the English portion for other Hebrew verbs, [translate, therefore, _ QAASHAB_ (H7181) here, 'Attend to']. MY CRY. Another form of prayer, expressed in loud earnest calls for help, distinguished fro... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE, AND_ _ MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE, AND WILL LOOK UP._ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning. It is my first thought when I awa... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU ART NOT A GOD THAT HATH PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS: NEITHER SHALL EVIL DWELL WITH THEE._ For - the ground of his hope. Deliverance from his enemies is the object of his prayer. His enemies are wicked (Psalms 5:9), therefore God will deliver him, as being a sincere worshipper, from them. FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE FOOLISH SHALL NOT STAND IN THY SIGHT: THOU HATEST ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY._ The foolish, х_ HOWLªLIYM_ (H1984), 'the boastful']. Folly is the designation of boasting (2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:21); and THE FOOLISH, х_ HOWLªLIYM_ (H1984), 'the boastful']. Folly is the designation of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT DESTROY THEM THAT SPEAK LEASING: THE LORD WILL ABHOR THE BLOODY AND DECEITFUL MAN._ Leasing - old English for 'lies.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AS FOR ME, I WILL COME INTO THY HOUSE IN THE MULTITUDE OF THY MERCY: AND IN THY FEAR WILL I WORSHIP TOWARD THY HOLY TEMPLE._ But as for me - While mine enemies, whom the Lord abhors, are put down, I, whom thou lovest as thy pious worshipper, will come unto thine house (to thank thee for delive... [ Continue Reading ]
_LEAD ME, O LORD, IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES; MAKE THY WAY STRAIGHT BEFORE MY FACE._ The matter of Psalms 5:8 is parallel to that Psalms 5:3. A prayer; the plea whereon it rests; the hope resulting thence. The confident hope expressed in Psalms 5:7, so far from causing remissness,... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THERE IS NO FAITHFULNESS IN THEIR MOUTH; THEIR INWARD PART IS VERY WICKEDNESS; THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN SEPULCHRE; THEY FLATTER WITH THEIR TONGUE._ Parallel to Psalms 5:4; as Psalms 5:10 is to Psalms 5:6. Seven characteristics of the wicked. FOR - assigning the reason why he needed to be 'led... [ Continue Reading ]
_DESTROY THOU THEM, O GOD; LET THEM FALL BY THEIR OWN COUNSELS; CAST THEM OUT IN THE MULTITUDE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS; FOR THEY HAVE REBELLED AGAINST THEE._ Destroy - Hebrew, 'Deal with them us guilty;' 'bring on them the penalty of guilt' х_ HA'ªSHIYMEEM_ (H816)]: cf. margin, Psalms 34:21. These... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT LET ALL THOSE THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE REJOICE: LET THEM EVER SHOUT FOR JOY, BECAUSE THOU DEFENDEST THEM: LET THEM ALSO THAT LOVE THY NAME BE JOYFUL IN THEE._ Let all those that ... trust in thee rejoice - being delivered from all their spiritual and personal enemies, who are the enemies o... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU, LORD, WILT BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS; WITH FAVOUR WILT THOU COMPASS HIM AS WITH A SHIELD._ For - the ground of his hope expressed in Psalms 5:7; Psalms 5:11. It is thy way, founded upon thy nature, to "bless the righteous." AS WITH A SHIELD, х_ TSINAAH_ (H6793)] - the larger shield, covering... [ Continue Reading ]