--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Title. A Psalm. See App-65 . Give ear . . . Consider . . . LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . meditation. Connecting this Psalm with Psalms 1:2 ; Psalms" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/5" --- **Title.** A Psalm. See App-65 . **Give ear . . . Consider . . .** **LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **meditation.** Connecting this Psalm with [Psalms 1:2](../../../kjv/psalms/1/2) ; [Psalms 2:1](../../../kjv/psalms/2/1) . **Hearken.** Figure of speech *Synonymia.* App-6 . **voice.** The voice marks the tone of any cry. First occurrence here. **my cry.** Connecting this Psalm with [Psalms 3:4](../../../kjv/psalms/3/4) . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **direct** = set in order (as the wood on the altar). Compare [Genesis 22:9](../../../kjv/genesis/22/9) . [Exodus 40:4](../../../kjv/exodus/40/4) , [Exodus 40:23](../../../kjv/exodus/40/23) . **look up** = look out, or watch for [an answer]. **wickedness** = lawlessness. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . **foolish** = boasters. **iniquity** . Hebrew. *'aven.* App-44 . **leasing** = falsehood. See note on [Psalms 4:2](../../../kjv/psalms/4/2) . **as for me.** Compare [Psalms 17:15](../../../kjv/psalms/17/15) ; [Psalms 26:11](../../../kjv/psalms/26/11) ; [Psalms 35:13](../../../kjv/psalms/35/13) ; [Psalms 41:12](../../../kjv/psalms/41/12) ; [Psalms 55:16](../../../kjv/psalms/55/16) ; [Psalms 69:13](../../../kjv/psalms/69/13) ; [Psalms 73:2](../../../kjv/psalms/73/2) . **multitude** = abundance. **mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace. **holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) . **temple.** Hebrew. *heykal =* palace: i.e. heaven itself, which was the pattern for the earthly "house" or tent, as being the dwelling-place of Jehovah. Hence it is used of the Tabernacle ([1 Samuel 1:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/9) ; [1 Samuel 3:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/3) ). Compare [Psalms 11:4](../../../kjv/psalms/11/4) ; [Psalms 18:6](../../../kjv/psalms/18/6) . **Thy way:** not mine. **faithfulness** = steadfastness, or stability. **their** = his. Referring to the man of [Psalms 5:6](../../../kjv/psalms/5/6) . **Their.** Three times repeated; refers to the "foolish" and "workers" of [Psalms 5:6](../../../kjv/psalms/5/6) . **tongue.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for what is spoken by it. **Destroy Thou them** = Deal with them as guilty. **by their own counsels.** Answered in Ahithophel ([2 Samuel 15:31](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/31) ; [2 Samuel 17:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/14) , [2 Samuel 17:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/23) ). A prayer suited for the dispensation in which David lived. See App-63 . **transgressions.** Hebrew. *pasha'.* App-44 . **put their trust** = flee for refuge to. Hebrew. *hasah.* See App-69 . **defendest** = coverest. **Thy name** = Thee Thyself. "Name" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the person and character: i.e. all that the name implies and includes. **bless the righteous** = bless the justified one. Compare [Psalms 1:1](../../../kjv/psalms/1/1) ; [Psalms 2:12](../../../kjv/psalms/2/12) ; [Psalms 3:8](../../../kjv/psalms/3/8) . **favour.** This is the "shield". In His favour is "life" ([Psalms 30:5](../../../kjv/psalms/30/5) ); "preservation" ([Psalms 86:2](../../../kjv/psalms/86/2) , margin); "security" ([Psalms 41:11](../../../kjv/psalms/41/11) ); "mercy "([Isaiah 60:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/10) ). Hence the prayer of [Psalms 106:4](../../../kjv/psalms/106/4) . **as.** Figure of speech *Simile.* App-6 . **a shield.** Hebrew. *zinnah,* a shield of the largest size. See [1 Samuel 17:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/7) , [1 Samuel 17:41](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/41) . "Only here, [Psalms 35:2](../../../kjv/psalms/35/2) (buckler), and [Psalms 91:4](../../../kjv/psalms/91/4) in the Psalms. In other Psalms it is *magen,* smaller both in size and weight (compare [1 Kings 10:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/17) . [2 Chronicles 9:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/9/16) ). 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