INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 5
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON NEHILOTH, A PSALM OF DAVID. This psalm,
being written by David under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is
inscribed and sent to him who had the direction and management of the
musical instruments used in religious worship in David's time, and
aft... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD,.... Meaning not his words in common
conversation, but in prayer; the words which came out of his mouth,
and were audibly expressed by him at the throne of grace, and design
vocal prayer; and so stand distinguished from the meditation of his
heart, sacred ejaculations, o... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF MY CRY,.... Which seems to intend more than
groans or words, even a loud outcry, as of a person in great distress;
such as the strong crying of Christ, in the days of his flesh, when on
the cross, forsaken by God, deserted by his friends, and surrounded by
his enemies, Hebr... [ Continue Reading ]
MY VOICE SHALL THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD,.... These words may
be considered either as expressing the confidence of the psalmist,
that the Lord would hear and answer him, and that in the morning,
every morning, as soon and as often as he prayed; or that he would
hear him early, quickly, speedi... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THOU [ART] NOT A GOD THAT HATH PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS,.... Sin,
ungodliness; it is contrary to his nature, who is holy, just, and
good; and to his will revealed in his law, which is the same with his
nature; and sin is a transgression of it. God is so far from taking
pleasure in sin, that it is... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOOLISH SHALL NOT STAND IN THY SIGHT,.... By the "foolish" are
meant not such who are so in a natural, but in a moral sense, wicked
and ungodly men. The Septuagint render the word, "transgressors of the
law"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "the unrighteous"; and the Arabic
version, "they that co... [ Continue Reading ]
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 c... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS FOR ME, I WILL COME [INTO] THY HOUSE,.... The tabernacle of
Moses, sometimes called the house of God, 1 Chronicles 9:23; for as
yet the temple was not built. Here David had been used to go in times
past; and though he was now in a kind of exile from it, he was
confident he should again enter... [ Continue Reading ]
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 this
righteousness the psalmist desired to be led into the house of God,
and appear before him; nor i... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR [THERE IS] NO FAITHFULNESS IN THEIR MOUTH,.... In the mouth of the
ungodly, as the Chaldee paraphrase; in the mouth of every one of them,
as Aben Ezra interprets it: that is, in the mouth of every wicked,
bloody, and deceitful man; of everyone of David's enemies, as Saul, or
the conspirators wit... [ Continue Reading ]
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;
or to others, pronounce them guilty, pass the sentence of condemnation
on them: and the Chaldee para... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT LET ALL THOSE THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE REJOICE,.... Who trust
not in themselves, in their own hearts, in their righteousness, or
riches, or strength; but in the name, righteousness, and strength of
the Lord: who betake themselves to him, and put all their confidence
in him: let them rejoice... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THOU, LORD, WILT BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS. As he has blessed him with a
righteousness, even the righteousness of God imputed to him, by which
he is denominated righteous, and with the forgiveness of his sins; so
he will bless him with peace and prosperity, with all spiritual
blessings, with the bless... [ Continue Reading ]