Psalms 5:6

_THOU SHALT DESTROY THEM THAT SPEAK LEASING: THE LORD WILL ABHOR THE BLOODY AND DECEITFUL MAN._ Leasing - old English for 'lies.'...

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 upon him as our King and our God. David also prays to a sin-hating God. sin is folly, and sinners are the greatest of all fools; fools of their own making. Wicked people hate God; justly are they hated of him, and this will be their endless misery and ruin. Let us learn the importance of truth and sincerity, in all the affairs of life. Liars and murderers resemble the devil, and are his children, therefore it may well be expected that God should abhor them. These were the characters of David's enemies; and such as these are still the enemies of Christ and his people....

Verse Psalms 5:6. _THAT SPEAK LEASING_] Falsity, from the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.] _leasunge, a lie, falsity, deceit_; from [A.S.] _leas, lie_, which is from the verb [A.S.] _leasian_, to _lie_. See on Psalms 4:2. _THE LORD WILL ABHOR THE BLOODY AND DECEITFUL MAN._] איש דמים _ish_ _damim_, the _man of bloods_; for he who has the _spirit_ of a murderer, will rarely end with _one_ bloodshedding. So the Jews, who clamoured for the blood of our Lord, added to that, as far and as long as they could, the blood of his disciples....

: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 particularly for the music-master that had special charge of this instrument, or who presided over those that played on it. Perhaps the idea is that this psalm was specially designed to be accompanied with this instrument. The word here, Nehiloth - נחילות _n__e__chı̂ylôth_, plural. נחילה _n__e__chı̂ylâh_, singular - is supposed by Gesenius, Lexicon, to denote a flute, or pipe, as being “perforated,” from חלל _châlal_, to bore.” The word occurs only in this place. Very various opinions have been entertained of its meaning.

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 tabernacle was called "the temple" (Joshua 6:24; 1Sa 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20). It is thoroughly "Davidic in style, concise, vigorous; with rapid transitions of thought and feeling" ('Speaker's Commentary'). With respect to the time in David's life whereto it should be assigned, there are no very distinct indications. It was not while he was in exile, for he had ready access to the house of God (verse 7); nor was it in the later years of his life, when he had no open adversaries. Perhaps "a short

THOU SHALL DESTROY THEM THAT SPEAK LEASING,.... Or "a lie" i; whether in matters of religion; as false doctrines, errors, and heresies, are lies; and so all that deny the deity, sonship, and Messiahship of Christ, are liars; and the followers of the man of sin speak lies in hypocrisy: or in common conversation; such are like to Satan, and are abominable in the sight of God; and he will destroy them, either with a temporal destruction, with bodily diseases, as Gehazi was smitten with a leprosy; and with corporeal death, as Ananias and Sapphira; or with eternal destruction, the destruction of body and soul in hell; for all liars have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; THE LORD WILL ABHOR THE BLOODY AND DECEITFUL MAN; or "the man of blood and deceit" k; that thirsts after blood; who sheds innocent blood, as the Targum paraphrases it. He showed his resentment agains...

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, and think over what we want to say to the Lord in prayer, as David did when he said, « ‘O Lord, consider my meditation.' What I have considered do thou consider.» A well-considered prayer is very likely to succeed with God. Psalms 5:2. _Hearken unto the voice of my cry,-_ «When I have not confidence or comfort enough to present a well-ordered prayer to thee; but, like a child in pain, cry unto thee, ‘Hearken unto the voice of my cry,'»- Psalms 5:2. _My King, and my God:_...

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) Psalms 5:1. In the third Psalm trust is expressed in God as shield; in the fourth the prayer is to the God of righteousness. “Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God.” It is a fresh and more intense prayer, because evil increaseth and abounds. The cry is to God as King. David calls Him King, as the Jewish remnant will pray to the King and look for the coming of the King. The Church looks for t

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 kindled wood upon the altar. Laying out or ordering in this sense is a common technical use of the Heb. verb. Keep watch may refer to a watch for favourable signs before or during the sacrifice. Psalms 5:4. The bloodthirsty can find no acceptance before God. Unlike them, the Psalmist approaches God in fear. This word is used as a summary of Jewish religion, though, of course, men like Hosea and the Deuteronomist knew very well that Israel was bound not only to fear but also to love Yahweh. Many Psalmists placed God's dwelling

LEASING. falsehood. See note on Psalms 4:2....