Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Thou shalt destroy – Thou wilt bring to ruin; thou wilt cause to perish; that is, cause to perish as the wicked are caused to perish, by being punished. The idea is that God could not approve their cause; could not favor them; could not give them prosperity, and that they must be overthrown and punished. As in the previous verses, so here, David refers to this as a general characteristic of God, but with an implied reference to his enemies.
Them that speak leasing – Lies; the word leasing being the old Saxon word to denote falsehood. See Psa 4:2. It is not found elsewhere in our common version. The allusion here is to his enemies, and the idea is that they were false and treacherous; a description which will well apply to them on the supposition that this refers to the rebellion of Absalom. See the introduction to the psalm.
The Lord will abhor – Will hate; will hold in abomination. That is, he will show his abhorrence by punishing such as are here referred to.
The bloody and deceitful man – The man of blood and fraud; the man who sheds blood, and is guilty of treachery and fraud. Margin, man of bloods and deceit. The man of bloods, – the plural form being commonly used where there is reference to blood-guiltiness or murder. – Prof. Alexander. See Gen 4:10; Psa 51:14. The idea seems to be that of shedding much blood. The reference here, as before, is to a general characteristic of the Divine Mind, with a special reference to the character of Davids enemies, as being distinguished for fraud and blood-guiltiness. On the supposition (see introduction) that this refers to the rebellion of Absalom, there can be no difficulty in seeing the propriety of the application. It was on these grounds that the psalmist directed his prayer to God. He was confident that his was a righteous cause; he was as sure that his enemies were engaged in a wicked cause; and he felt, therefore, that he might go before God and seek his interposition, with the assurance that all his attributes, as a righteous and holy God, would be enlisted in his favor. God has no attribute which can take part with a sinner, or on which a sinner can rely; the righteous can appeal to every attribute in the divine nature as a ground of confidence and hope.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. That speak leasing] Falsity, from the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.] leasunge, a lie, falsity, deceit; from [A.S.] leas, lie, which is from the verb [A.S.] leasian, to lie. See on Ps 4:2.
The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.] ish damim, the man of bloods; for he who has the spirit of a murderer, will rarely end with one bloodshedding. So the Jews, who clamoured for the blood of our Lord, added to that, as far and as long as they could, the blood of his disciples.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Leasing; or, lies; that make it their business to raise and scatter calumnies and reproaches concerning me; as many did.
The bloody and deceitful man; those who design mischief against me or my friends raider a pretence of kindness; of whom he oft speaks.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. leasinga lie.
the bloody . . .manliterally, “man of blood”murderer.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thou shall destroy them that speak leasing,…. Or “a lie” i; whether in matters of religion; as false doctrines, errors, and heresies, are lies; and so all that deny the deity, sonship, and Messiahship of Christ, are liars; and the followers of the man of sin speak lies in hypocrisy: or in common conversation; such are like to Satan, and are abominable in the sight of God; and he will destroy them, either with a temporal destruction, with bodily diseases, as Gehazi was smitten with a leprosy; and with corporeal death, as Ananias and Sapphira; or with eternal destruction, the destruction of body and soul in hell; for all liars have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone;
the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man; or “the man of blood and deceit” k; that thirsts after blood; who sheds innocent blood, as the Targum paraphrases it. He showed his resentment against Cain, the first of this sort, in a way that was intolerable to him. He very early established a law, requiring that he who shed man’s blood, by man should his blood be shed; and he will give the whore of Rome, who has been drunk with the blood of his saints, blood to drink, because she is worthy. And all such who flatter with their tongue, and speak with a double heart, and lie in wait to deceive their neighbour, whether in things temporal or spiritual, are the objects of his abhorrence and indignation; see Ps 55:23. Now David’s enemies being such sort of persons, foolish wicked men, proud and haughty, workers of iniquity, liars, bloody and deceitful men, men that God had an abhorrence of, he therefore hoped and was confident that God would hear his prayers against them, and for himself.
i “mendacium”, V. L. k “vir sanguinum et doli, vel fraudis”, Montanus, Cocceius, Gejerus; so Ainsworth.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) Leasing.See Psa. 4:2.
Bloody.Margin, literally, of bloods and deceit. So LXX. and Vulg.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. Leasing Lying, falsehood. Here applying to speech.
Bloody and deceitful Deceit here specially applies to treachery, bad faith, treason, as 2Ki 9:23; Psa 55:11; Jer 9:6. Whether the lying and deceit consist in words or acts, such as practice them God will destroy.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 5:6. The bloodyman The man of blood, is generally understood to be a man guilty of murder, or disposed to be so; but, from the use of that word in Scripture, he seems to be a man whose blood, for any capital crime, is due to justice; on whom is blessed, or the debt of blood, as it is expressed in Lev. , i.e. a man abandoned to the most capital and flagitious crimes. Mudge.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Ver. 6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing ] Whether in jest or earnest, those that lie in jest will, without repentance, go to hell in earnest. And for the officious lie some think it no fault; whereas, Gal 1:10 , we must not speak truth to please men, much less may we lie. The truth is, all lies are pernicious, all liars will be destroyed, but especially those that have taught their tongues to speak lies, Jer 9:5 , that take fast hold of deceit, Jer 8:5 , so that they cannot be got off without striving: such a one was Doeg, Saul, &c.
The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
leasing = falsehood. See note on Psa 4:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
destroy: Psa 4:2, Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15
the bloody: etc. Heb. man of bloods and deceit, Psa 26:8-10, Psa 43:1, Psa 55:23, Gen 34:14, Gen 34:25, Gen 34:26, 2Sa 16:8, 2Sa 20:1, Isa 26:21, Rom 1:29
Reciprocal: Deu 21:1 – General 2Sa 11:27 – displeased 2Sa 16:7 – bloody man 2Ch 23:15 – they slew her there Psa 9:5 – destroyed Psa 10:3 – abhorreth Psa 59:4 – awake Psa 139:19 – Surely Pro 6:17 – lying Pro 12:13 – wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips Pro 12:22 – Lying Isa 1:28 – the destruction Zec 8:17 – things Luk 13:27 – depart