Psalms 5

Psalms 5:1 says,  To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Then verse one begins, Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.  David asks God to listen to his words.  God does not have to listen to us, but if we are followers of Christ, He always will.  Verse two adds, Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.  David might have been the king of Israel, but he acknowledged that God was his King.  No matter how powerful a person may be in the world, God is still the only real King and the only true God.  Those who do not acknowledge this in this lifetime will one day acknowledge it when God's judgment comes, but it will be to late for them to claim salvation through Jesus Christ.  Verse three states, My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.  David said he would start his day in prayer to God, and so should we as Christians.  Verse four adds, For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.  David said that he knew that God had no pleasure in wickedness and did not dwell where evil was.  As followers of Christ, we should be the same way, not delighting in wickedness or living with evil ruling our life.  Verse five declares, The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.  The foolish, those who say there is no God, will not stand in God's sight, because God hates those who work iniquity.  David said this then, and it has never changed.  Verse six adds, Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.  David said that God hates deceitful people, those who live guided by anything but the truth of God.  Verse seven says, But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.  David said that no matter what anyone else did, that he was going to worship God in His house because of the multitude of God's mercy.  We will never lack God's mercy if we put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse eight adds, Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.  David asked God to lead him and make his paths straight.  David was not looking to his own righteousness to guide him, but was looking to the righteousness of God to do so, and so must we.  Verse nine continues, For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.  David said there was no righteousness in his enemies, and until a person accepts Jesus Christ as his or her personal Savior and Lord, the is no righteousness in that person.  Verse ten states, Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.  David called on God to destroy those who did not put their faith in Him, but we are called to pray for their salvation and not their destruction.  God will one day hold each person accountable for his or her sins, and faith in Jesus Christ is the only to avoid everlasting punishment.  Verse eleven adds, But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.  David then called on those who put their faith in God to rejoice.  As Christians, we should daily rejoice in the Lord.  Verse twelve concludes, For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.  David said that God would protect those who put their faith in Him.  I don't believe that this means that as followers of Christ we will never encounter difficulties in life, but that we can rest assured that God has already secured the victory over sin and death for us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.