translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . Appealing to God’s justice and commitment to the godly, the psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from evildoers.


text: In the morning is here viewed as the time of prayer ( Pss 59:16; 88:13 ) and/or of deliverance ( Ps 30:5 ).


text: You hate . The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 11:5 .


text: But as for me . By placing the first person pronoun at the beginning of the verse, the psalmist highlights the contrast between the evildoers’ actions and destiny, outlined in the preceding verses, with his own.


text: I will enter your house . The psalmist is confident that God will accept him into his presence, in contrast to the evildoers (see v. 5 ).


text: Take shelter . “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear and serve the Lord ( Pss 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22 ).