Psalms 5:1
MY MEDITATION] the thoughtful desire of the heart which hardly finds expression in words. It is in contrast with the 'cry' of Psalms 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY MEDITATION] the thoughtful desire of the heart which hardly finds expression in words. It is in contrast with the 'cry' of Psalms 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 strictly applicable to the tent which David provided for the ark (2 Samuel 6:17). But it was used of th... [ Continue Reading ]
MY KING] If the writer is David he forgets his own royalty in the presence of the heavenly King. WILL I PRAY] RV 'do I pray.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MORNING] emphatic and twice repeated. DIRECT] RV 'order,' arrange, perhaps, as a sacrifice (Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 1:7). But see Job 23:4; Job 32:14; Job 33:5; Job 37:19. LOOK UP] RV 'keep watch' for an answer.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER SHALL EVIL DWELL] RM 'the evil man shall not sojourn.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOLISH] RV 'arrogant.' STAND IN THY SIGHT] endure the holiness of thy presence.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEASING] RV 'lies.' WILL ABHOR THE BLOODY] RV 'abhorreth the bloodthirsty.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The two features of access to God are (1) God's grace, and (2) the worshipper's reverence. TOWARD] The worshipper in the Temple court prostrated himself towards the sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRAIGHT] RV 'plain,' level, easy to walk in.... [ Continue Reading ]
The heart and the speech of the wicked are alike corrupt. See Romans 3:13, where this v. is quoted. The throat of the flatterer is compared to an open grave, ever clamouring for fresh victims—a very suggestive figure.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY.. THEM] RV 'hold them guilty.' AGAINST THEE] The Psalmist identifies God's cause with his own.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE THY NAME] thy revealed character. A name comes to be the equivalent of all that we know about the person who bears it: cp. 'Hallowed be Thy name.'... [ Continue Reading ]