Psalms 5:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Psalms 5:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 27:11
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 25:4-5
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. …
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. …
Psalms 119:10
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-12)

In Ps. 5:7-12 David gives three characters—of himself, of his enemies, and of all the people of God, and subjoins a prayer to each of them. I. He gives an account of himself and prays for himself, Ps. 5:7, 8. 1. 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,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. enemies--literally, “watchers” (Psa 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.