Psalms 5:1 «To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. » Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Ver. 1. _To the chief Musician_] _See Trapp on title for "_ Psa 4:1 _"_ Upon Nehiloth] Upon wind instruments. _Pneumatica, tribulata._ The Rabbis say that this psalm was made... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. Ver. 2. _Hearken unto the voice of my cry_] He thrice repeats the same request, to show the greatness of his grief and the necessity of help from heaven. Let mind and mouth, spirit and speech, go together in prayer, a... [ Continue Reading ]
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up. Ver. 3. _My voice shalt thou hear in the morning_] That fittest season, usually, for prayer, or any other serious business, παν εργον. The very heathens chose the morning chiefly f... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, saith R. Solomon. Alexander the Great, promising a crown of one hundred and eighty pounds to those of h... [ Continue Reading ]
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Ver. 5. _The foolish shall not stand in thy sight_] Heb. before thine eyes, as thy favourites and attendants. Those furious, vain glorious mad caps, as they call them, roisterers, rioters, roaring boys, as they delight t... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. Ver. 6. _Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing_] Whether in jest or earnest, those that lie in jest will, without repentance, go to hell in earnest. And for the officious lie some think it no fault; w... [ 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. Ver. 7. _But as for me_] Who am conscious of none of these foul and flagitious practices. The upright shall dwell in God's presence, Job 12:16 Psalms 140:13 : not so t... [ Continue Reading ]
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. Ver. 8. _Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness_] That is, in thy faithfulness, and according to thy promise in that behalf made unto me, to be my God and guide even unto death, to lead me in the way... [ 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. Ver. 9. _Nor there is no faithfulness in their mouth_] Or, stedfastness; nothing that a man may bind or build upon, so slippery they are and un... [ 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. Ver. 10. _Destroy thou them, O God_] Heb. Condemn them as guilty. They were God's enemies no less than David's, and implacable, incorrigible; a... [ 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. Ver. 11. _But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice_] Joy is the just man's portion, _et contra,_ Hosea 9:1 Isaiah 65:13... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield. Ver. 12. _For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous_] Yea, the righteous man shall abound with blessings, Proverbs 28:20; yea, God will bless all them that bless him, Genesis 12:3, or that but give him a... [ Continue Reading ]