Psalms 5:8

Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way level before me.

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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

7But I, through your kindness abundant, may enter your house, and towards the shrine of your temple may reverently bow.

9For their mouth is a stranger to truth, their heart is a pit of destruction. Their throat is a wide open grave, their tongue the smooth tongue of the hypocrite.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:4Make me, O Lord, to know your ways: teach me your paths.

Psalms 31:1In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;

Psalms 59:10My God with his love will meet me, and feast my eyes on my foes.

Psalms 119:10With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.

Psalms 138:2and prostrate before your holy temple, will praise your name for your constant love, for you have exulted your promise above all.

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 →

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