Psalms 5:7
"But 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."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

But as for me, I will come into thy house,.... The tabernacle of Moses, sometimes called the house of God, Ch1 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 into and determined so to do whenever he had an opportunity, and that in the following manner: in the multitude of thy mercy; grace or goodness. God is rich in mercy, abundant in goodness and truth;

there is a multitude of mercy, love, and grace in his heart, and which is stored up in his covenant, and displayed in his Son, and in the provision of him as a Saviour of lost sinners; abundant mercy is shown in regeneration, in adoption, and in the forgiveness of sins, and in every spiritual blessing, and in the gift of eternal life. And now, not relying on his own merits, strength, and righteousness, or leaning to his own understanding, but trusting in the mercy, grace, and goodness of God in Christ, and in hope of finding more grace and mercy to help in time of need; with thankfulness for what he had received, he determines, by divine leave and assistance, to enter, into the house of the Lord: and whatever other persons did, whom he had before described, it was his resolution to serve the Lord, under a sense of his mercy and goodness to him; which laid him under an obligation so to do, and is the true principle from which all service should proceed; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple; either heaven, the habitation of God's holiness, towards which, and to God there, the psalmist would lift up his eyes, his hands, and heart; or the tabernacle, at the door of which the worship of God was performed, the sacrifices were brought, and God met his people; and therefore he says he would worship towards the temple or tabernacle, Lev 1:3 . And it may be that David has reference to the Messiah, the medium of divine worship; whose human nature was typified by the tabernacle and temple, in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells: the psalmist therefore purposes to worship God in Christ, and to perform all acts of worship, as prayer, praise, hearing the word, offering sacrifice, &c. in the name and faith of Christ; looking towards him for the presentation of his services by him, and for the acceptance of them with God through him: and this he desired to do in the "fear" of God; not with a slavish fear, but with reverence and godly fear; with a fear influenced by the multitude of God's mercy, grace, and goodness, in art humble modest manner, not trusting to, or depending upon, any service done by him.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H0006 אָבַד
Definition:

30+;אָֽבְדוּPsalm 10:16+ (+Ezekiel 6:3ᵐ5Co) etc.;ImperfectיאֹבַדJob 3:3;Jeremiah 4:9;יאֹבֵ֑דּJob 20:72t.; 3 feminine singularתּאֹבַדDeuteronomy 22:34t.;תּאֹבֵ֑דJob 8:133t.;יאֹבְדוּJudges 5:313t.;יאֹבֵ 30+;אָֽבְדוּPsalm 10:16+ (+Ezekiel 6:3ᵐ5Co) etc.;ImperfectיאֹבַדJob 3:3;Jeremiah 4:9;יאֹבֵ֑דּJob 20:72t.; 3 feminine singularתּאֹבַדDeuteronomy 22:34t.;תּאֹבֵ֑דJob 8:133t.;יאֹבְדוּJudges 5:313t.;יאֹבֵ

Possible Meanings:
  • perish (semantic_range)
  • they shall perish (semantic_range)
  • destroy (semantic_range)
  • be destroyed (semantic_range)
H1696 דָבַר
Definition:

— (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile — (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile

Possible Meanings:
  • speaking (semantic_range)
H3577 כָּזָב
Definition:

4lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute׳כHosea 12:219t.; plural absoluteכְּזָבִיםJudges 16:109t.; suffixכִּזְבֵיהֶםAmos 2:4; —lie, falsehood, withדִּבֶּרJudges 16:10,13;Hosea 7:13;Zephaniah 3:13; 4lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute׳כHosea 12:219t.; plural absoluteכְּזָבִיםJudges 16:109t.; suffixכִּזְבֵיהֶםAmos 2:4; —lie, falsehood, withדִּבֶּרJudges 16:10,13;Hosea 7:13;Zephaniah 3:13;

H0376 אִישׁ
Definition:

23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ 23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ

Possible Meanings:
  • man (semantic_range)
H1818 דָּם
Definition:

6blood(Late Hebrewid., Arabic, EthiopicAssyriandamuNor239ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaicדַּם,דְּמָא,) — absolute׳דGenesis 37:22154t.; constructדַּםGenesis 9:662t.; suffixדָּמִי1 Samuel 26:203t.;דָּֽמְךָ2 Samuel 6blood(Late Hebrewid., Arabic, EthiopicAssyriandamuNor239ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaicדַּם,דְּמָא,) — absolute׳דGenesis 37:22154t.; constructדַּםGenesis 9:662t.; suffixדָּמִי1 Samuel 26:203t.;דָּֽמְךָ2 Samuel

H4820 מִרְמָה
Definition:

5+; plural absoluteמִרְמוֺתPsalm 10:7+; —deceit, of balances,׳מאןזנֵי מi.e.deceptive balancesAmos 8:5(""שֶׁקֶר),Hosea 12:8;Proverbs 11:1(opposed toקֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה),Proverbs 20:23,׳אַבְנֵי מMicah 6:11(s 5+; plural absoluteמִרְמוֺתPsalm 10:7+; —deceit, of balances,׳מאןזנֵי מi.e.deceptive balancesAmos 8:5(""שֶׁקֶר),Hosea 12:8;Proverbs 11:1(opposed toקֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה),Proverbs 20:23,׳אַבְנֵי מMicah 6:11(s

Possible Meanings:
  • treachery (semantic_range)
H8581 תַּעָב
Definition:

Niph`alPerfect3masculine singularנִתְעַב1 Chronicles 21:6;ParticipleנִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19;Job 15:16; —be abhorred:1ritual sense:נֵצֶר נִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19an abhorred(rejected)branch( <נֵץvulture, the unc Niph`alPerfect3masculine singularנִתְעַב1 Chronicles 21:6;ParticipleנִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19;Job 15:16; —be abhorred:1ritual sense:נֵצֶר נִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19an abhorred(rejected)branch( <נֵץvulture, the unc

Possible Meanings:
  • regard as an abomination (semantic_range)
  • cause to be an abomination (semantic_range)
  • make abominable (semantic_range)
H3068 יְהוָֹה
Definition:

7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when 7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when

Possible Meanings:
  • Yahweh (semantic_range)
  • the one bringing into being (semantic_range)
  • life-giver (semantic_range)

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