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Psalm 5:1–12 — Give Ear to My Words, O LORD | Bible Commentary · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time, rooted in wisdom, growing wiser, one passage at a time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we'll be looking at Psalm 5, 1-12, reading from the ESV.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my groaning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
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  SPEAKER_00: For you are not a God who delights in wickedness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Evil may not dwell with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: The boastful shall not stand before your eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: You hate all evildoers.
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  SPEAKER_00: You destroy those who speak lies.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make your way straight before me.
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  SPEAKER_00: For there is no truth in their mouth, their inmost self is destruction, their throat is an open grave, they flatter with their tongue.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make them bear their guilt, O God, let them fall by their own counsels.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because of the abundance of their transgressions, cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.
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  SPEAKER_00: But let all who take refuge in you rejoice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: For you bless the righteous, O Lord, you cover him with favor as with a shield.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: David begins by asking God to hear not only his words, but also his groaning and his cry.
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  SPEAKER_00: His prayer is not polished or distant.
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  SPEAKER_00: He brings God both what he can say and the weight behind what he is saying.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he calls the Lord, My King and my God.
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  SPEAKER_00: David may be a king himself, but he begins by recognizing the one above him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then David says that in the morning he prepares his sacrifice and watches.
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  SPEAKER_00: The picture is one of prayer followed by expectation.
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  SPEAKER_00: He brings his request to God, and then he watches for what God will do.
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  SPEAKER_00: The middle of the Psalm draws a sharp contrast.
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  SPEAKER_00: God does not delight in wickedness, lies, violence, or deceit.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: When the passage says the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man, it means God strongly rejects that kind of evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: But David does not say he enters God's house because he has earned the right to be there.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says, Through the abundance of your steadfast love, I will enter your house.
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  SPEAKER_00: His confidence rests in God's steadfast love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then David asks, Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make your way straight before me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice that his first request concerning his enemies is not simply, remove them.
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  SPEAKER_00: David does ask for judgment.
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  SPEAKER_00: He describes these people as false, destructive, flattering, and rebellious against God.
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  SPEAKER_00: When he says, let them fall by their own counsels, the idea is that their own plans and schemes become part of their downfall.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when David speaks of the abundance of their transgressions, he is talking about the many ways they have rebelled against God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their problem is not one isolated mistake.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage describes an ongoing pattern of rebellion.
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  SPEAKER_00: But David does not end with his enemies.
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  SPEAKER_00: He turns to everyone who takes refuge in God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let them ever sing for joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when he says those who love God's name may exult in him, the picture is of deep, overflowing rejoicing in God.
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  SPEAKER_00: The final picture is of God spreading protection over his people and covering the righteous with favor as with a shield.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's the picture Psalm 5, 1-12 leaves us with.