Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 5
Overview:
God will certainly hear
Prayer:
David gives to
God the
Glory,
and takes to himself the comfort.
(1-6) He prayed for himself,
that
God would guide him, and for all the
Lord's people, that
God would give them joy, and keep them safe.
(7-12)
1-6 God is a
Prayer-hearing
God. Such he has always been, and
he is still as ready to hear
Prayer as ever. The most
encouraging principle of
Prayer, and the most powerful plea in
Prayer, is, to look upon him as our
King and our
God.
David also
prays to a
Sin-hating
God.
Sin is folly, and sinners are the
greatest of all fools; fools of their own making. Wicked people
hate
God; justly are they hated of him, and this will be their
endless misery and ruin. Let us learn the importance of
Truth
and sincerity, in all the affairs of
Life. Liars and murderers
resemble the
Devil, and are his children, therefore it may
Well
be expected that
God should abhor them. These were the
characters of
David's enemies; and such as these are still the
enemies of
Christ and his people.
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 do with him. Let us learn to pray, not for
ourselves only, but for others;
Grace be with all that
Love
Christ in sincerity. The Divine blessing comes down upon us
through
Jesus Christ, the righteous or just One, as of old it
did upon
Israel through
David, whom
God protected, and placed
upon the
Throne. Thou, O
Christ, art the righteous
Saviour, thou
art the
King of
Israel, thou art the
Fountain of blessing to all
believers; thy favour is the defence and protection of thy
Church.