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Verse Psalms 5:8. _LEAD ME, O LORD, IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS_] When
entered into the house, and prostrated before the _temple_, he knew
that, unless God continued to _lead_ and direct, he was not likely t...
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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...
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LEAD ME, O LORD, IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, conduct me safely in
the manifestation of the principles of justice or righteousness which
belong to thy nature. David felt assured that his was a righ...
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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
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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...
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MAKE THY WAYS STRAIGHT, &C.— _Make thy way plain before me; i.e._
"That I may walk on it evenly and smoothly, without stumbling, which
mine enemies would gladly take hold of." See Psalms 143:10....
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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...
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_LEAD ME, O LORD, IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES; MAKE
THY WAY STRAIGHT BEFORE MY FACE._
The matter of Psalms 5:8 is parallel to that Psalms 5:3. A prayer; the
plea whereon it rests; the...
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5:8 plain (c-14) Lit. 'straight.'...
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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...
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STRAIGHT] RV 'plain,' level, easy to walk in....
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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...
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ENEMIES. — Literally, _those watching for, or lying in wait._ Aquila
and Jerome both give “those lying in ambush.” God’s guidance and
protection would enable the good man to avoid their snares, and to...
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_[Psalms 5:9]_ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ נְחֵ֬נִי בְ
צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ לְמַ֥עַן...
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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
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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;_...
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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...
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Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness (f) because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
(f) Because you are just, therefore lead me out of the dangers of my
enemies....
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_Mercy, not trusting in my own merit, (Haydock) but with the greatest
awe. (Calmet) --- The just trust in mercy, not in man's power. ---
Temple, the Church, and in God's presence. (Worthington) --- So...
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The Spirit was given without measure to Jesus, and it is our happiness
that from him and in him, the holy unction, poured out on the head of
our glorious High Priest, our Aaron, runs down to the skirt...
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8._O Jehovah, lead me forth, etc. _Some explain these words thus: Show
me what is right, and make me wholly devoted to the practice of that
righteousness which adorns thy character; and do this becaus...
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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...
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LEAD ME, O LORD, IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Not in mine, but thine; in
the righteousness of God, which is revealed in the Gospel, from faith
to faith, and is imputed by God, and received by faith; in t...
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Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make
thy way straight before my face.
Ver. 8. _Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness_] That is, in thy
faithfulness, and according to th...
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_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, t...
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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...
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Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, in the virtue of true piety,
which is a gift of God, BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES, the adversaries who
were carefully watching, who would have been more than pleased...
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MINE ENEMIES:
_ Heb._ those which observe me...
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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...
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LEAD ME; direct my heart, and counsels, and affairs, and all the
course and actions of my life. IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS; in thy righteous
laws; which sometimes are called righteousness, as PSALMS 119:172...
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Psalms 5:8 Lead H5148 (H8798) LORD H3068 righteousness H6666 enemies
H8324 (H8802) way H1870 straight H3474 ...
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‘Lead me, O YHWH, in your righteousness because of my enemies,
Make your way level before my face.'
He asks God, because He is righteous, to lead him, in view of those
who lie in wait for him. He ne...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness._
A RESOLVE AND A PRAYER
God is addressed as a friend. Three things in David’s prayer.
1. What is the rule according to which he looks for this Divine
guidanc...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 12:14; Hebrews 12:13; Matthew 3:3; Proverbs 3:5; Proverbs 3:6
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Righteousness — In thy righteous laws. Because — That I may give
them no occasion of slandering me, or religion for my sake. The way
— The way wherein thou wouldst have to one walk. Plain — That I
may...