Psalms 5:8
Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 25:4Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.
Psalms 31:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 59:10God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 138:2I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Proverbs 3:5Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:8-12
Delight in Public Worship; Happiness of the Righteous. 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. 8 Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them… Read the whole commentary →