John Trapp on Psalms 5:7

Verſ. 7. But as for me] Who am conſcious of none of theſe foul and flagicious practiſes. The upright ſhall dwell in Gods preſence, Job 12.16. Pſal. 140.13. not ſo the hypocrite and ungodly. He is like a Vagabond begging at the Gate, and not knowing whether the Maſter of the houſe is providing for him an Almes, or a Cudgel.

I will come into thine houſe, &c.] He knew that the Ark and Mercy-ſeat were never ſeparated.

And in thy fear will I worſhip, &c.] The fear of God is, 1 Servile; this David meaneth not. 2 Filial or amicable. And this again is, either Timor culpae, fear to offend ſo good a God, and to forget his favour, Prov. 8.13. Or, Timor cultus, the fear that is to be expreſſed in our addreſſes to Almighty God, that reverential godly fear, Jer. 5.22. Heb. 12.28. Pſal. 2.11. and here. Thus the very Angels make their addreſſes to the moſt high God, with greateſt ſelf-abacements, Iſa. 6.Bern. de diverſ. 25. How much more ſhould we ſilly and ſinful Creatures? Omnino oportet nos orationis tempore curiam intrare coeleſtem (ſaith Bernard) in qua Rex regum ſtellato ſedit ſolio, circundante innumerabili & ineffabili beatorum ſpirituum exercitu. Quantâ ergo cum reverentiâ, quanto timore, quanta illuc humilitate ascedere, debet è palude ſua procedens & repens vilis renuncula? that is, at prayer time we ſhould enter into the heavenly Pallace, where the King of Kings fitteth in a ſtately Throne, environed with an innumerable company of Angels and Saints. With how great reverence therefore, godly fear and humility ſhould a poor paltry Frog come, who is newly crawled out of his guzzle?