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Commentaries on Psalms 5:9

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 5 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, a Psalm of David. This psalm, being written by David under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is inscribed and sent to him who had the direction and management of the musical instruments used in religious worship in David's time, and afterwards in the temple service, called "nehiloth"; as the preceding psalm is inscribed to him who...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth,.... In the mouth of the ungodly, as the Chaldee paraphrase; in the mouth of every one of them, as Aben Ezra interprets it: that is, in the mouth of every wicked, bloody, and deceitful man; of everyone of David's enemies, as Saul, or the conspirators with Absalom his son. There was no steadfastness in them; nothing right, sure, or firm said by them;...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The psalm is a prayer, a solemn address to God, at a time when the psalmist was brought into distress by the malice of his enemies. Many such times passed over David, nay, there was scarcely any time of his life to which this psalm may not be accommodated, for in this he was a type of Christ, that he was continually beset with enemies, and his powerful and prevalent appeals to God, when he was so...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;- You cannot expect ungodly men to speak that which is right: “ there is no faithfulness in their mouth; “- Psa_5:9.Their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; Pouring out foul, putrid gas. They cannot speak without using filthy or blasphemous expressions, or if they do, there is falsehood lurking behind their words, for...