Destroy. — Literally, make or count guilty.
Transgressions. — Literally, revolts, thus being in close synonymous parallelism with the next clause. Or else, as in margin and in ancient versions, LXX., Vulg., and Syriac, “Let them fall from their counsels:” i.e., “let their plots fail.”
On the imprecations in the Psalms see General Introduction, 6.
Verse Psalms 5:10. _DESTROY THOU THEM, O GOD_] All these apparently _imprecatory_ declarations should be translated in the _future_ _tense_, to which they belong; and which shows them to be _prophetic...
: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...
DESTROY THOU THEM, O GOD - The word here rendered “destroy” is translated by Prof. Alexander “condemn” - “condemn them; literally, make them guilty; that is, recognize and treat them as such.” The Heb...
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...
DESTROY THOU THEM. Deal with them as guilty. BY THEIR OWN COUNSELS. Answered in Ahithophel (2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23).. prayer suited for the dispensation in which David lived. S...
DESTROY THOU THEM— We have heretofore observed, that imprecatory passages of this kind may all be rendered in the future; which would obviate many objections: _Thou wilt destroy them, O God; they shal...
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...
_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 guil...
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...
DESTROY.. THEM] RV 'hold them guilty.' AGAINST THEE] The Psalmist identifies God's cause with his own....
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...
_[Psalms 5:11]_ הַֽאֲשִׁימֵ֨ם ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים יִפְּלוּ֮ מִֽ מֹּעֲצֹ֪ותֵ֫יהֶ֥ם
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...
Destroy thou them, O God; let them (g) fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. (g) Let their devices come to nothing....
PSALM V. (VERBA MEA AURIBUS.) A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. _ Their. Hebrew, "his." But it is incorrect. (Houbigant) --- St. Jerome has "their."_...
This is a prayer delivered in the spirit of prophecy. And let the Reader, once for all, observe, that whenever we meet with imprecations of this nature, they are all in reference to the sworn enemies...
10._Cause them to err. _As the Hebrew word אשם _asam, _signifies _to cut up or to destroy, _as well as _to sin, _and is taken metaphorically for _to err, _or _be deceived, _either of these senses is s...
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...
DESTROY THOU THEM, O GOD,.... Or "make them guilty" q; that is, make them appear to be guilty, either to themselves, that they may acknowledge their offences, confess their guilt, and ask for pardon;...
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. C...
_Destroy thou them, O God_ Hebrew, האשׁימם, _haashimem, hold them guilty_, that is, condemn and punish them; or, _make them desolate_, as the word is used Ezekiel 6:6; Joel 1:18. _Let them fall by the...
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...
Destroy Thou them, O God, letting them expiate their guilt by a well-merited destruction; LET THEM FALL BY THEIR OWN COUNSELS, the foolishness of their own planning being the cause of their overthrow;...
DESTROY THOU THEM: Or, make them guilty BY THEIR OWN COUNSELS: Or, from their counsels...
7-12 David prayed often alone, yet was very constant in attendance on public worship. The mercy of God should ever be the foundation both of our hope and of our joy, in every thing wherein we have to...
DESTROY THOU THEM, Heb. _Hold them guilty_, i.e. condemn and punish them. Or, _make them to offend_, to wit, in their counsels, as it follows; so as they may either be given up to bad and foolish coun...
Psalms 5:10 guilty H816 (H8685) God H430 fall H5307 (H8799) counsels H4156 out H5080 (H8685) multitude...
‘Hold them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels, Thrust them out (or ‘down') in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against you.' What upsets him is that the...
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...
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 5:10 LET THEM FALL... CAST THEM OUT describes the judgment that must fall on those who persecute the godly. FOR THEY HAVE REBELLED AGAINST YOU. To harm the godly is to attack God...
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 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Samuel 25:29; 1 Samuel 25:39; 2 Chronicles 25:16;...
Destroy — Condemn and punish them. Cast — Out of thy land, and from among thy people....