Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 5:7

"But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple." — Psalms 5:7 (ASV)

House ... temple. —These words must certainly be taken literally, and not, as Hupfeld suggests, metaphorically, or in a spiritual sense with reference to Psalm 5:4. The reference to worship hardly allows the rendering palace, though the derivation of the Hebrew word permits it. No doubt either explanation is possible; but neither would have been suggested but for the title to the psalm; and it is clear (see General Introduction) that historical exactness was not regarded in affixing the psalm-titles.

Worship. —Literally, prostrate myself towards, as in 1 Kings 8:29; Psalms 28:2. (Compare Daniel’s attitude of prayer towards Jerusalem, and that of the Muslims now towards Mecca.)