Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
Majority Standard Bible
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 25:4Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
Psalms 31:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
Psalms 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Psalms 138:2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
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 →