The LORD covers his people with favour

5 1 לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל ־ הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃ 2 אֲמָרַ֖י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ׀ יְהוָ֗ה בִּ֣ינָה הֲגִֽיגִי ׃ 3 הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ לְק֬וֹל שַׁוְעִ֗י מַלְכִּ֥י וֵאלֹהָ֑י כִּֽי ־ אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל ׃ 4 יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר 1 תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ ־ לְ֝ךָ֗ וַאֲצַפֶּֽה ׃ 5 כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל ־ חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ אָ֑תָּה לֹ֖א יְגֻרְךָ֣ רָֽע ׃ 6 לֹֽא ־ יִתְיַצְּב֣וּ הֽ֭וֹלְלִים לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ שָׂ֝נֵ֗אתָ כָּל ־ פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃ 7 תְּאַבֵּד֮ דֹּבְרֵ֪י כָ֫זָ֥ב אִישׁ ־ דָּמִ֥ים וּמִרְמָ֗ה יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב ׀ יְהוָֽה ׃ 8 וַאֲנִ֗י בְּרֹ֣ב חַ֭סְדְּךָ אָב֣וֹא בֵיתֶ֑ךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה אֶל ־ הֵֽיכַל ־ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ ׃ 9 יְהוָ֤ה ׀ נְחֵ֬נִי בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ לְמַ֥עַן שׁוֹרְרָ֑י הושר 1 לְפָנַ֣י דַּרְכֶּֽךָ ׃ 10 כִּ֤י אֵ֪ין בְּפִ֡יהוּ נְכוֹנָה֮ קִרְבָּ֪ם הַ֫וּ֥וֹת קֶֽבֶר ־ פָּת֥וּחַ גְּרוֹנָ֑ם לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗ם יַחֲלִֽיקוּן ׃ 11 הַֽאֲשִׁימֵ֨ם ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים יִפְּלוּ֮ מִֽמֹּעֲצ֪וֹתֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּרֹ֣ב פִּ֭שְׁעֵיהֶם הַדִּיחֵ֑מוֹ כִּי ־ מָ֥רוּ בָֽךְ ׃ 12 וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ כָל ־ ח֪וֹסֵי בָ֡ךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְ֭רַנֵּנוּ וְתָסֵ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ימוֹ וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ בְ֝ךָ֗ אֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ ׃ 13 כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה֮ תְּבָרֵ֪ךְ צַ֫דִּ֥יק יְהוָ֑ה כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה רָצ֥וֹן תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ ׃

Psalms 5:1-12

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Lead Me in Your Righteousness 5 To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord ; consider my u groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my v King and my God, for w to you do I pray. 3 O Lord , in x the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you 1 and y watch. 4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. 5 The z boastful shall not a stand before your eyes; you b hate all evildoers. 6 You destroy those who speak c lies; the Lord abhors d the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will e bow down f toward your g holy temple in the fear of you. 8 h Lead me, O Lord , in your righteousness because of my enemies; i make your way straight before me. 9 For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is j destruction; k their throat is l an open grave; they m flatter with their tongue. 10 n Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them o fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. 11 But let all who p take refuge in you q rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may r exult in you. 12 For you s bless the righteous, O Lord ; you t cover him with favor as with u a shield.

Psalms 5:1-13

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5 1 εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῆς κληρονομούσης ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ 2 τὰ ῥήματά μου ἐνώτισαι κύριε σύνες τῆς κραυγῆς μου 3 πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου ὅτι πρὸς σὲ προσεύξομαι κύριε 4 τὸ πρωὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου τὸ πρωὶ παραστήσομαί σοι καὶ ἐπόψομαι 5 ὅτι οὐχὶ θεὸς θέλων ἀνομίαν σὺ εἶ οὐδὲ παροικήσει σοι πονηρευόμενος 6 οὐ διαμενοῦσιν παράνομοι κατέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου ἐμίσησας πάντας τοὺς ἐργαζομένους τὴν ἀνομίαν 7 ἀπολεῖς πάντας τοὺς λαλοῦντας τὸ ψεῦδος ἄνδρα αἱμάτων καὶ δόλιον βδελύσσεται κύριος 8 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν τῷ πλήθει τοῦ ἐλέους σου εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου προσκυνήσω πρὸς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου ἐν φόβῳ σου 9 κύριε ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου κατεύθυνον ἐνώπιόν μου τὴν ὁδόν σου 10 ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἀλήθεια ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ματαία τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν 11 κρῖνον αὐτούς ὁ θεός ἀποπεσάτωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν διαβουλίων αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀσεβειῶν αὐτῶν ἔξωσον αὐτούς ὅτι παρεπίκρανάν σε κύριε 12 καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ ἐλπίζοντες ἐπὶ σέ εἰς αἰῶνα ἀγαλλιάσονται καὶ κατασκηνώσεις ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ καυχήσονται ἐν σοὶ πάντες οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ ὄνομά σου 13 ὅτι σὺ εὐλογήσεις δίκαιον κύριε ὡς ὅπλῳ εὐδοκίας ἐστεφάνωσας ἡμᾶς

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The LORD covers his people with favour Introduction Can we have confidence in prayer? If so how, and why? 1. The LORD hears his people (v1-3) v1 Their groaning (and cf Romans 8.26) v2 Their prayers are to our covenant King and God; 'my' v3 So we can watch and pray 2. Evil cannot dwell with God, but he makes it possible for his people to (v4-8) God is utterly holy and opposed to all sin and impurity (v4-6) 'But' (v7) his HESED - covenant faithful love - means that those trusting in him can draw near and be in intimate relationship with him (v7-8) This is fully and finally shown at the cross; the demonstration of God's glory 3. God's enemies will be cursed; but God's people are blessed (v9-12) Jesus sings the imprecatory texts (v9-10) about his confirmed enemies (cf Acts 1 and Judas). But those taking refuge in God's anointed are blessed now and forever. This is Psalm 2 expanded; it is the gospel in miniature and in fore-shadow! Wrap up Through the person and work of Jesus, God does not simply tolerate his people, but sets his unfailing HESED upon us forevermore. This means we have total confidence in all our prayers - from our moanings to our cries.

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