Chapter 5

Ps.5:1. About the inheritor, psalm to David. The “inheriter” is a God-loving soul, or the Church. What will she inherit? - “Whose eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and the heart of man has not sighed” (1 Cor. 2:9). She prays, and in order to be heard, she represents her righteousness and exposes the wickedness of her opponents. Ps.5:2. My verbs inspire... Ps.5:3. I will pray to You. In the delight of mental light I will pray to You; That’s why I “hope” that you will hear me. Ps.5:4. Tomorrow I will appear before you. It is a great praise for zeal to present oneself to God from the very bed and precede the sun with thanksgiving. For thus, he says, I will look at Your divine and holy mysteries, which You have prepared for those who love You. Ps.5:5. For God does not want lawlessness, You are. I hope that I will be heard by You, because I have not done anything hateful to You. And You hate lawlessness, deceit, injustice, lies, envy, and deceit. Ps.5:6. Thou hast hated all the workers of iniquity, Ps.5:7. Destroy all those who speak lies. He called those who sin in their way of life the workers of iniquity; and they are hated by God. And he called those who had fallen away from the truth and those who thought differently, those who spoke lies; and God will destroy them. Note the difference between the sayings: “you hated” and “destroy”, firstly in the fact that in the saying “destroy” something worse is expressed than in the saying “you hated”, and secondly in the fact that one verb is placed in the past tense, and the other in the future tense. By those who speak lies he also means those who call idols and the demons themselves gods, and who utter false and unclear answers and prophecies in idols. The Lord abhors a man of blood and flattery. For God hates and abhors such a one. Ps.5:8. And through the abundance of Thy mercy I will go into Thy house, - to heavenly Jerusalem and the mother of the firstborn. I will bow to Your holy church, in Your passion. The church of God is a valiant and holy state of the soul, which those who have achieved with boldness say: “Christ, like the Son, rests in His house, whose house we are” (Heb. 3:6). Enjoying Your love for mankind, says the holy and pure soul, and protected by Your right hand, I offer You unceasing worship in the sacred church of Your glory; because, always keeping Your fear within me, I never dare to reject it, out of trust in Your love for mankind. Ps.5:9. Enemy for my sake that is, spiritual enemies, straighten my path before You. Ps.5:10. Their heart is vain, that is, the heart of the wise of this age, or of heretics; for they do not know the word of truth. The grave was opened with their throats, their tongues with their tongues. They soften their tongues and spew out deadly teachings. Ps.5:11. May they fall away from their thoughts. For all these intentions were turned against me, opposing my progress according to God. Because of the multitude of their wickedness, I will ridicule them, making them pious. For those who persecute a soul that does what is pleasing to God grieve God by becoming obvious fighters against God. Ps.5:12. And inhabit them. For both He Himself and His Father will come, and will make an abode with him (John 14:23). And those who love Your name will boast in You, Ps.5:13. for You bless the righteous, O Lord. Because You reward Your servants with Your blessing and providence; then those who have dedicated themselves to being lovers of Your name, under Your kindness, will be lifted up in spirit, realizing Your power. This is what Blessed Paul says: “Let him boast in the Lord” (2 Cor. 10:17). As if you have crowned us with weapons of favor, that is, at the end you give us a crown for our labors, protecting us with it like some kind of weapon. You might be interested in: