Psalms 5:9

"Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face."

Key Reflection

In Psalm 5:9, David prays for divine guidance and protection, asking the Lord to lead him justly in the face of his adversaries. This plea reflects his confidence in God’s righteousness and seeks intervention so that he might be vindicated against his enemies.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth -There is nothing in them which can be confided in; nothing in their promises and declarations. They are false and treacherous, and I can, therefore, only appeal to thee. It is easy to see the propriety of this statement, and of those which follow, on the supposition that this refers to the rebellion of Absalom. Absalom had gone to Hebron on a false pretence2 Samuel 15:7-10, and every act of his in this whole transaction had been treacherous and false. Their inward part -Not only their external conduct, but their hearts, their principles, their motives. This was fairly to be inferred from their conduct.

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