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Psalm 5:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 5 · verse 8
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.Psalm 5:8 · King James Version
Psalm 5:8 in context
6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- straightyâsharto be straight or evenH3474 →
- enemiesshârarto be hostileH8324 →
- Leadnâchâhto guideH5148 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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In these verses David gives three characters - of himself, of his enemies, and of all the people of God, and subjoins a prayer to each of them. I. He gives an account of himself and prays for himself, Psa 5:7, Psa 5:8. 1. He is stedfastly resolved to keep closely to God and to his worship.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12