Psalms 5:8 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 5:8

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

KJV

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ASV

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

WEB

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

YLT

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

DBT

Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

20 verses on the floor

Psalms 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalms 27:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Psalms 86:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices5

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

He is stedfastly resolved to keep closely to God and to his worship. Sinners go away from God, and so make themselves odious to his holiness and obnoxious to his justice: " But, as for me, that shall not keep me from thee." God's holiness and justice are so far from being a terror to the upright in heart, to drive them from God, that they are rather by them invited to cleave to him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The righteousness of God, therefore, in this passage, as in many others, is to be understood of his faithfulness and mercy which he shows in defending and preserving his people. Consequently, in thy righteousness means the same thing as for or according to thy righteousness.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

The way of our duty is here called God's way, and his righteousness, because he prescribes to us by his just and holy laws, which if we sincerely set before us as our rule, we may in faith beg of God to direct us in all particular cases. How this prayer of David's was answered to him see 1 Sam. xviii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Whatever they pretend of religion or friendship, two sacred things, they are true to neither: Their inward part is wickedness itself; it is very wickedness. They are likewise bloody; for their throat is an open sepulchre, cruel as the grave, gaping to devour and to swallow up, insatiable as the grave, which never says, It is enough, " Prov. xxx.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

enemies--literally, "watchers" (Ps 27:11), hence special need of guidance. in thy righteousness--an attribute implying faithfulness in promises as well as threatenings. make thy way straight--that is, make the way of providence plain.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 5:8PSA 86:11 PSA 25:4-5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 5:8PSA 86:11 PSA 143:8-10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 5:8PSA 86:11 JER 32:38-39
PSA 5:8PSA 119:10 PSA 119:34
PSA 5:8PSA 86:11 PSA 119:33
PSA 5:8PSA 27:11 PSA 86:11
PSA 5:8PSA 119:10 2CH 15:15
PSA 5:8PSA 119:10 PSA 119:2

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