Psalms 5:1
TITLE.. Psalm. See App-65. GIVE EAR... CONSIDER... LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MEDITATION. Connecting this Psalm with Psalms 1:2; Psalms 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE.. Psalm. See App-65. GIVE EAR... CONSIDER... LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MEDITATION. Connecting this Psalm with Psalms 1:2; Psalms 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARKEN. Figure of speech _Synonymia._ App-6. VOICE. The voice marks the tone of any cry. First occurrence here. MY CRY. Connecting this Psalm with Psalms 3:4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIRECT. set in order (as the wood on the altar). Compare Genesis 22:9; Exodus 40:4; Exodus 40:23. LOOK UP. look out, or watch for [an answer].... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOLISH. boasters. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEASING. falsehood. See note on Psalms 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FOR ME. Compare Psalms 17:15; Psalms 26:11; Psalms 35:13; Psalms 41:12; Psalms 55:16; Psalms 69:13; Psalms 73:2. MULTITUDE. abundance. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. TEMPLE. Hebrew. _heykal =_ palace: i.e. heaven itself, [ Continue Reading ]
THY WAY: not mine.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHFULNESS. steadfastness, or stability. THEIR. his. Referring to the man of Psalms 5:6. THEIR. Three times repeated; refers to the "foolish" and "workers" of Psalms 5:6. TONGUE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. See App-63. TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT THEIR TRUST. flee for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ See App-69. DEFENDEST. coverest. THY NAME. Thee Thyself. "Name" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the person and character: i.e. all that the name implies and includes.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS. bless the justified one. Compare Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:12; Psalms 3:8. FAVOUR. This is the "shield". In His favour is "life" (Psalms 30:5); "preservation" (Psalms 86:2, margin); "security" (Psalms 41:11); "mercy "(Isaiah 60:10). Hence the prayer of Psalms 106:4. AS. Figure of [ Continue Reading ]