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Psalms 5:4
For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, God's holiness cannot abide godless meanness; neither shall evil dwell with Thee, not being accepted as a guest of God, not abiding in His presence.
For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, God's holiness cannot abide godless meanness; neither shall evil dwell with Thee, not being accepted as a guest of God, not abiding in His presence.
Verse 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; לא יגרך רע _lo yegurecha...
:Title UPON NEHILOTH - The title of Psalms 4:1 is, “upon Neginoth.” As that refers to a musical instrument, so it is probable that this does, and that the idea here is that this psalm was intended par...
FOR THOU ART NOT A GOD THAT HATH PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS - The psalmist here refers to a well-known and well-understood characteristic of the Divine Being, that he was holy and pure, and that he could...
Psalms 5 _ 1.The cry to God the King (Psalms 5:1)_ 2. Hating iniquity and trusting in mercy (Psalms 5:4) 3. Prayer for guidance and judgment (Psalms 5:8
V. A HYMN FOR MORNING SACRIFICE IN THE TEMPLE. Psalms 5:1. Solemn invocation of Yahweh. The Psalmist sets in order (Psalms 5:3), not perhaps his prayer (RV), but his sacrifice, the victim and the kind...
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
NEITHER SHALL EVIL DWELL— _Neither shall the wicked sojourn._ Fenwick understands this of _the evil one,_ by way of eminence; the _devil;_ as by the _righteous_ or _Just One,_ in the 12th verse, he su...
PSALMS 5 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Morning Prayer for Deliverance from Conspirators. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 5:1-3, Petitions Pleaded to which an Answer is Awaited. Stanza II., Psalms 5:4-6, Jehovah's...
_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...
5:4 evil (k-12) Or 'the evil [man].'...
NEITHER SHALL EVIL DWELL] RM 'the evil man shall not sojourn.'...
This is a morning prayer before going to the sanctuary. The chief difficulty in ascribing it to David lies in the reference (Psalms 5:7) to 'thy holy temple.' The word means a 'palace,' and is not str...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
NEITHER SHALL EVIL. — Better, _the wicked man is not thy guest._ For the same thought, see Psalms 15; and for the opposite, of God coming to dwell with the godly, Isaiah 57:15....
_[Psalms 5:5]_ כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל ־חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע...
Psalms 5:1 THE reference to the temple in Psalms 5:7 is not conclusive against the Davidic authorship of this psalm, since the same word is applied in 1 Samuel 1:9; 1
PROTECTION FROM THE WICKED Psalms 5:1 The _ordering_ of prayer is very necessary, Genesis 22:9. Our Lord's prayer should be our model. Often our _words_ need to be supplemented by our _meditations;_...
This is another song of the morning. It opens with language which reveals the reason of the soul's assurance as it faces another day. First are petitions asking the attention of Jehovah. These are fol...
For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in (c) wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. (c) Seeing that God of nature hates wickedness, he must punish the wicked and save the godly....
_Morning. This hour of prayer is also specified, (Psalms lxii. 1., and cxviii. 147.) as that of the evening is, Psalms iv. 9., and liv. 19. We read also of noon being a time for prayer among the Jews,...
How beautiful and appropriate are all the things here said, if read with an eye to the great Redeemer, as putting up the several pleas, because of those evils he came to destroy. He came to destroy th...
Here David makes the malice and wickedness of his enemies an argument to enforce his prayer for the divine favor towards him. The language is indeed abrupt, as the saints in prayer will often stammer;...
In Psalms 5 the cry of the godly is presented, and the character of God, as necessarily responding to that of the godly, is appealed to as necessitating His hearing him and judging the wicked. If the...
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...
_For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee._ Ver. 4. _For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness_] As the kings of the earth have, sai...
_My voice shalt thou hear in the morning_ That is, early, seasonably, in a time when thou wilt be found, and art ready to hear; or rather, every morning. _As soon as I awake, I am still with thee_, as...
1-6 God is a prayer-hearing God. Such he has always been, and he is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. The most encouraging principle of prayer, and the most powerful plea in prayer, is, to look...
FOR; or, _but_; or, _surely_. IN WICKEDNESS; or, _in wicked men_. Thou dost not approve of nor delight in them, or in their prayers, but dost _hate_ and wilt _destroy_ them, as it here follows: compar...
Psalms 5:4 God H410 pleasure H2655 wickedness H7562 evil H7451 dwell H1481 (H8799) God - Psalms 50
‘For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness, Evil will not sojourn with you, The arrogant will not stand in your sight, You hate all workers of iniquity, You will destroy him who speaks...
Psalms 5 This Psalm is peculiar in setting forth the characteristics of prayer in general. I. In the first and second verses we have a suggestion of the variety of prayer. (1) "Give ear to my _words...
Psalms 5:1. _Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation._ Sometimes we pray right off, as David did when he cried to the Lord, «Hear me when I call.» At other times, we sit down to meditate...
CONTENTS: David's prayer in which he extols God's holiness and asks judgment upon the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Prayer should be both the key of the morning and the bolt of the eve...
Psalms 5:6. _Leasing;_ a Gothic and primitive word equivalent to falsehood. They professed loyalty to the king, but were traitors in heart, as in Psalms 5:9. Psalms 5:9. _Their throat is an open sepu...
_Give ear to my words, O Lord._ THE INWARD AND OUTWARD SIDES OF THE DIVINE LIFE The Psalm falls into two main parts-- Psalms 5:1, and Psalms 5:8. The inward comes first; for communion with God in the...
_Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness._ THE GREAT MATTERS OF RELIGION If we inquire how it comes to pass that man is fallen under God’s displeasure, the text resolves it all into “wick...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 5:1. This individual lament from David is the first psalm that prays for the downfall of one’s enemies. Such Psalms relate to situations where one is faced with bloodthirsty...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 5:4 The singer praises God for loving what is right. ⇐ ⇔...
INTRODUCTION “A morning prayer of David, appealing to God as his king, against whose sovereignty his own enemies were really in rebellion.”—_Kay_. “This psalm must have been composed at Jerusalem, sin...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is assigned by some to the time of Manasseh, but contains nothing that is really opposed to the superscription—"A Psalm of David"—since, before the temple was built, the tabernac...
Psa 5:1-12 is a prayer of the morning. Psalms 4:1-8 was the prayer of the evening, and now for the morning. Give ear unto my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my...
1 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Peter 3:13; Habakkuk 1:13; Hebrews 12:14;...
Surely — Thou dost not approve of, nor delight in them, or in their prayers. Dwelt — Have any fellowship with thee....