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Psalm 5

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Lead Me in Your Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

5   Give ear to my words, O LORD;
    consider my groaning.
  Give attention to the sound of my cry,
    my King and my God,
    for to you do I pray.
  O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;
    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
  For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.
  The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
    you hate all evildoers.
  You destroy those who speak lies;
    the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
  But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
    will enter your house.
  I will bow down toward your holy temple
    in the fear of you.
  Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
    because of my enemies;
    make your way straight before me.
  For there is no truth in their mouth;
    their inmost self is destruction;
  their throat is an open grave;
    they flatter with their tongue.
  Make them bear their guilt, O God;
    let them fall by their own counsels;
  because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
    for they have rebelled against you.
  But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
    let them ever sing for joy,
  and spread your protection over them,
    that those who love your name may exult in you.
  For you bless the righteous, O LORD;
    you cover him with favor as with a shield.

(ESV)

Psalm 5 Commentary

by Brad Boyles

In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Psalms 5:3 NASB

It’s easy to tell God what we want, but how often do we wait and watch eagerly for His response. I admit that I tend to throw out prayer requests and then let them go as I check them from my mental list. Shamefully, sometimes I know that I don’t even notice when God answers. But David’s plea is to watch for the Lord to move and work in those requests. Furthermore, there is an eagerness that should take place as we wait. This is hard.

Many times, God does not work in the way we want Him to. He takes longer than we would like. Often, His steps are calculated in a way to grow us and make us whole. However, this should not change the fact that we can still watch eagerly to see how He works in a situation. Many times the way He works out a prayer is better than what we even asked for!

Do you start your days with prayer, and then eagerly wait and watch to see how those requests play out through the day? Do you even notice when God answers them?

Think about your day today. What seems overwhelming to you? What seems impossible? Where can you pray for truth in a situation and wait with expectation for an answer?

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