_A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ This Psalm is a prayer, addressed to God in some time of great distress and trouble, in which the psalmist continues, and resolves still to continue instant in prayer, Psalms 5:1. Declares the irreconcilable hatred which God bears to sin, Psalms 5:4. And his own confidence o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Consider my meditation_ That is, my prayer, as the foregoing and following words show. He calls his prayer his meditation, to signify that it was not the mere labour of his lips, but that it proceeded from, and was accompanied with, the deepest thoughts and most fervent affections of his soul. _Hea... [ Continue Reading ]
_My voice shalt thou hear in the morning_ That is, early, seasonably, in a time when thou wilt be found, and art ready to hear; or rather, every morning. _As soon as I awake, I am still with thee_, as he says Psalms 139:18. The first thing that I do is to pray to thee. _For_, or _but_, or _surely, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 day. The word הוללים, _holelim_, here rendered _the foolish_, properly signifies the _madmen_, as the... [ Continue Reading ]
_But I will come into thy house_ Namely, into thy tabernacle, with holy boldness and confidence, as becomes thy son and servant; _in the multitude of thy mercy_ Trusting only in thy great mercy for admittance thither and acceptance there. Or, _for_, or _because of thy many mercies_ to me: for which... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lead me, O Lord_ Direct my heart, and counsels, and affairs, and all the course and actions of my life; _in thy righteousness_ In thy righteous laws, or, _for_, or, _because of_, or, _according to, thy righteousness_, a phrase and argument frequently used in the Psalms. _Because of mine enemies_ Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_There is no faithfulness in their mouth_ They speak one thing and mean another, and under a pretence of kindness seek my destruction; which renders it difficult for me to know how I ought to carry myself toward them, and therefore I have asked thy direction. _Their inward part is very wickedness_ H... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 their own counsels_ That is, make their counsels, not only unsuccessful against me, but also destructiv... [ Continue Reading ]
_But let those that put their trust in thee_ That dare rely on thy word and promise when all human hopes and refuges fail; _rejoice _ Let them have cause of great joy from thy love and care of them; _because thou defendest them_ As it follows. _Let them also that love thy name_ That is, thy majesty... [ Continue Reading ]