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.
But as for me - While mine enemies, whom the Lord abhors, are put down, I, whom thou lovest as thy pious worshipper, will come unto thine house (to thank thee for deliverance, Psalms 5:11; Psalms 66:13), not through mine own power, but through thy favour.
In the multitude, of thy mercy - `in the greatness of thy favour,' shown in my deliverance [Compare Psalms 69:13; Psalms 69:16 - checed (H2617)]
In thy fear. Compare the parallel words, "in the multitude (greatness) of thy mercy (favour)." David's reverent fear of God is the result of the grace of God experienced in his deliverance. Compare Psalms 130:4. So the touching appeal of God, Ezekiel 16:62-63. Also, Jacob's fear after God's manifestation of grace (Genesis 28:17).
Toward thy ... temple. David, according to Israelite usage, turned himself, in praying, toward the seat of Yahweh's manifested presence in Zion, from whence he looked for aid. The word "temple" х heeykal (H1964)] does not prove this psalm to be subsequent to David's time; because the term "the temple of Yahweh" is applied in 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3, to the Mosaic tabernacle at Shiloh; and to the tabernacle which covered the ark of the covenant placed by David on Zion (Psalms 27:4). 'The dwelling place of the Lord was not so named as being a great building, but from being His residence as King of Israel. The house where a king dwells is a palace, whether it be splendid or not' (Hengstenberg). The heeykal (H1964) includes the "temple" strictly so called, the holy and most holy place together, as distinguished from the outer court.