Psalms 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compassf him as with a shield. ”

Psalms 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

:Title Upon Nehiloth - The title of Psalms 4:1-8 is, “upon Neginoth.” As that refers to a musical instrument, so it is probable that this does, and that the idea here is that this psalm was i...
Psalms 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Psalms 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

V. A Hymn for Morning Sacrifice in the Temple. Psalms 5:1-3 . Solemn invocation of Yahweh. The Psalmist sets in order ( Psalms 5:3 ), not perhaps his prayer (RV), but his sacrifice, the victim an...
Psalms 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bless the righteous . bless the justified one. Compare Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 2:12 ; Psalms 3:8 . favour. This is the "shield". In His favour is "life" ( Psalms 30:5 ); "preservation" ( Psalms 86...
Psalms 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous. The Psalmist here confirms the concluding sentence of the preceding verse, namely, that all the servants of God in common will take support t...
Psalms 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous - A righteous soul is a peculiar object of God's affectionate...
Psalms 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thou, Lord, wilt bless— Yes, thou, Lord, wilt bless; Mudge: who observes, that David seems here to receive the signal that he had been looking for. The word צנה tsinnah, rendered a shield,...
Psalms 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. For - the ground of his hope expressed in Psalms 5:7 ; Psalms 5:11 . It is thy way, founded upo...
Psalms 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a morning prayer before going to the sanctuary. The chief difficulty in ascribing it to David lies in the reference ( Psalms 5:7 ) to 'thy holy temple.' The word means a 'palace,' and is not...
Psalms 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 5:1-12 THE reference to the temple in Psalms 5:7 is not conclusive against the Davidic authorship of this psalm, since the same word is applied in 1 Samuel 1:9 ; 1 Samuel 3:3 to the ho...
Psalms 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Protection from the Wicked Psalms 5:1-12 The ordering of prayer is very necessary, Genesis 22:9 . Our Lord's prayer should be our model. Often our words need to be supplemented by our med...
Psalms 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is another song of the morning. It opens with language which reveals the reason of the soul's assurance as it faces another day. First are petitions asking the attention of Jehovah. These are fo...
Psalms 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the Reader observe in the close, as in the opening of the Psalm, that the sacred writer speaks of one identical person. It is the righteous one Jehovah will bless: it is him that is to be compass...
Psalms 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield. Ver. 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ] Yea, the righteous man shall abound with blessin...
Psalms 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But let those that put their trust in thee That dare rely on thy word and promise when all human hopes and refuges fail; rejoice Let them have cause of great joy from thy love and care of them;...
Psalms 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Delight in Public Worship; Happiness of the Righteous. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude o...
Psalms 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Thou art resolved, and hast engaged thyself by promise and covenant, to bless them; and therefore my prayer for them is agreeable to thy will. With favour; with thy love and gracious providenc...
Psalms 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But let all those who put their trust in you rejoice, Let them shout for joy because you defend them, Let those also who love your name be joyful in you, For you will bless the righteous, O Yahw...
Psalms 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “A morning prayer of David, appealing to God as his king, against whose sovereignty his own enemies were really in rebellion.”— Kay . “This psalm must have been composed at Jerusalem, s...
Psalms 5:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 5 This Psalm is peculiar in setting forth the characteristics of prayer in general. I. In the first and second verses we have a suggestion of the variety of prayer. (1) "Give ear to my wo...
Psalms 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 5:1 . Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Sometimes we pray right off, as David did when he cried to the Lord, «Hear me when I call.» At other times, we sit down to medit...
Psalms 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 5:6 . Leasing; a Gothic and primitive word equivalent to falsehood. They professed loyalty to the king, but were traitors in heart, as in Psalms 5:9 . Psalms 5:9 . Their throat is an op...
Psalms 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my words, O Lord. The inward and outward sides of the Divine life The Psalm falls into two main parts-- Psalms 5:1-7 , and Psalms 5:8-12 . The inward comes first; for communion wi...
Psalms 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is assigned by some to the time of Manasseh, but contains nothing that is really opposed to the superscription—"A Psalm of David"—since, before the temple was built, the...
Psalms 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Morning Prayer before Worship. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical service, upon Nehiloth, flutes or wind instruments of the Temple-orchestra, a psalm of David. David was at this time...
Psalms 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 1:1-3 ; Psalms 112:1 ; Psalms 115:13 ; Psalms 29:11 ; Psalms 3:3 ; Psalms 3:8 ; Psalms 32:10 ; Psalms 84:11

Psalms 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge