Ps 5:1
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    Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my {a} meditation.

    (a) That is, my vehement prayer and secret complaint and
        sighings.

Ps 5:3
5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the
    morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will {b}
    look up.

    (b) Or wait, with patience and trust till I am heard.

Ps 5:4
5:4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in {c}
    wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

    (c) Seeing that God of nature hates wickedness, he must
        punish the wicked and save the godly.

Ps 5:5
5:5 {d} The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest
    all workers of iniquity.

    (d) Who run blindly after their carnal desires.

Ps 5:7
5:7 But as for me, I {e} will come [into] thy house in the
    multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship
    toward thy holy temple.

    (e) In the deepest of his temptations he puts his full
        confidence in God.

Ps 5:8
5:8 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.

Ps 5:10
5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them {g} fall by their own
     counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their
     transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

     (g) Let their devices come to nothing.

Ps 5:11
5:11 But {h} let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
     let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:
     let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

     (h) Your favour toward me will confirm the faith of all
         others.

Ps 5:12
5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour {i}
     wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.

     (i) So that he will be safe from all dangers.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.