Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
David is crushed by cruel enemies and prays urgently for God's help. He establishes God's justice by laying bare their malice, then speaks of his own faith and comfort, confident of deliverance, and knowing that when God rescues him, the godly everywhere will share the benefit.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 5:1-12
Observe, that evil speakers must be punished as well as evil workers, for "thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing." All liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. A man may lie without danger of the law of man, but he will not escape the law of God.
The title of this psalm has nothing in it peculiar but that it is said to be upon Nehiloth, a word nowhere else used. It is conjectured (and it is but a conjecture) that is signifies wind - instruments, with which this psalm was sung, as Neginoth was supposed to signify the stringed - instruments. In these verses David had an eye to God, I.
Commenting on Psalm 5:1-6