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Psalms 5:7
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the LORD, positioning himself in contrast to the liars and bloodshedders condemned in the preceding verse. He declares the ground of his approach: not his own merit but God's faithfulness.
The words — חֶסֶד (chesed, H2617) carries the verse: covenant loyalty, the steadfast devotion that is God's toward His people. It is the stated basis for the psalmist's confidence in entering.
The thread — Psalms 138:2 pairs the same bowing toward the holy temple with thanks for chesed; Hebrews 4:16 draws the thread forward to approaching the throne of grace with confidence.
Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to stop treating access to God as something earned and to rest on the character of the one being approached. It is a claim on God's nature, not a record of personal achievement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Cross-references
- Psalms 132:7 Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
- Psalms 138:2 I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Psalms 69:13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
- Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- Romans 5:20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- 1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.