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Psalms 5:8

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Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

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Verse 8. Mercy, not trusting in my own merit, ( Bible.) but with the greatest awe. Calmet.—The just trust in mercy, not in man’s power.—Temple, the Church, and in God’s presence. Worthington.—Some would infer hence that David was not the author of this psalm. But the tabernacle is called by the same name; (1 Kennicott. 1:7, 24, and 3:3) so that this reason is not sufficient. Calmet.

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