Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 5:5
The foolish shall not stand— Or, The mad shall not stand before thine eyes.
The foolish shall not stand— Or, The mad shall not stand before thine eyes.
Verse Psalms 5:5. _THE FOOLISH SHALL NOT STAND_] He is a fool and a madman who is running himself out of breath for no prize, who is fighting against the Almighty; this every wicked man does; therefor...
: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...
THE FOOLISH - Referring still to his enemies, as having this character, and urging the fact that they “had” such a character as a reason why God should hear him, and deliver him. The word “foolish” he...
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...
FOOLISH. boasters. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44....
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...
_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 Corin...
5:5 fools (l-2) Or 'the boastful,' 'the arrogant,' as Psalms 73:3 . workers (m-12) The Hebrew word is used for 'mighty deeds,' 'achievements,' and is common in the Psalms. see Job 31:3 ; Job 34:8 ,...
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...
FOOLISH] RV 'arrogant.' STAND IN THY SIGHT] endure the holiness of thy presence....
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...
FOOLISH. — Literally, _shiners_ — _i.e.,_ displayers of self; or, perhaps, _self-praisers, boasters._ SHALL NOT STAND. — As distinguished men before kings (Proverbs 22:29); as angels in the court of...
_[Psalms 5:6]_ לֹֽא ־יִתְיַצְּב֣וּ הֹֽ֭ולְלִים לְ נֶ֣גֶד...
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...
(d) The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (d) Who run blindly after their carnal desires....
_Stand. Hebrew implies "in order," as those who neglect prayer must be all in confusion. God enables those who are diligent, to see wonderful things. (Berthier) --- Iniquity. No: he has it in abhorren...
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...
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...
THE FOOLISH SHALL NOT STAND IN THY SIGHT,.... By the "foolish" are meant not such who are so in a natural, but in a moral sense, wicked and ungodly men. The Septuagint render the word, "transgressors...
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 furi...
_The foolish shall not stand in thy sight_ Literally, _The mad shall not stand before thine eyes;_ shall not be admitted to attend upon thee, nor shall they be acquitted at the judgment of the great d...
The foolish, the boasters, the vain mockers, SHALL NOT STAND IN THY SIGHT, be in any way regarded with favor, regard, and affection; THOU HATEST ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY, those who make wrong-doing a p...
MORNING PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical service, upon Nehiloth, flutes or wind instruments of the Temple-orchestra, a psalm of David. David was at this time in...
IN THY SIGHT: _ Heb._ before thine eyes...
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...
THE FOOLISH; or, _the madmen_, as the word properly signifies, as ECCLESIASTES 2:2,12 ECCLESIASTES 7:7 10:13 ISAIAH 44:25, i.e. wicked men, as the next words explain it; who are indeed morally and re
Psalms 5:5 boastful H1984 (H8802) stand H3320 (H8691) sight H5869 hate H8130 (H8804) workers H6466 ...
‘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...
_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...
_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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 5:4; Habakkuk 1:13; Hosea 9:15; Leviticus 20:23;...
How can this verse say God hates the wicked when John 3:16 says that God loves the world? PROBLEM: Psalms 5:5 states, “You [God] hate all workers of iniquity.” However, John 3:16 says God loves the wo...