시편 Chapter 5

Translation: ESV

1

Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

Key Message

God hears not only our verbal prayers but even the inexpressible groaning of our inner depths.

▸Psalm 5 is a morning prayer psalm that presents a model of prayer offered at the start of the day.

Psalm 5 is a morning prayer psalm that presents a model of prayer offered at the start of the day. 'My groaning' (hagigi) means deep inward sighing, meditation, and lament, a prayer bringing even inner pain that cannot be expressed in words before God. God hears not only our verbal expression but even the inexpressible groaning of our inner depths.

Related Verses

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
2

Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.

Key Message

Calling God 'my King' is a confession of personal submission to and trust in his governance.

▸'My King and my God' is an expression confessing God as personal King, showing the personal relationship with God.

3

O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Key Message

Morning prayer is dedication of the day to God, and the attitude of waiting for an answer after prayer is the completion of true prayer.

▸To pray in the morning and 'watch' (atsappeh) — to stand at the watchtower and wait for an answer — shows the two stages of prayer: first making the request, then waiting for the response.

4

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.

Key Message

God is completely morally holy, and holiness is required of those who would approach him.

▸This is a theological declaration about God's holiness.

5

The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Key Message

God's holiness rejects wickedness and arrogance — this is the nature of God who is completely holy.

▸That God 'hates' (sane'ta) evildoers is a strong expression of moral rejection.

6

You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Key Message

Falsehood and violence are fundamentally opposed to God's character, and God's holiness judges them.

▸Verses 4-6 enumerate in succession what God abhors: wickedness, arrogance, falsehood, violence, and deceit.

7

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.

Key Message

The basis for approaching God is not our own merit but the abundance of God's steadfast love (hesed).

▸Beginning with a strong contrast 'But I' (wa'ani) against the wicked in verses 4-6, this verse declares that David finds the basis for entering the temple not in his own righteousness but in 'the abundance of your steadfast love' (hasdekhah).

8

Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

Key Message

Even in trial and persecution, seeking God's righteous guidance is the believer's proper response.

▸This shows the paradoxical faith that the very presence of persecutors becomes the motivation for seeking God's guidance.

9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Key Message

The corruption of language flows from inner corruption, and flattery and lies bring spiritual death.

▸The persecutors' characteristics are described in four ways: no truth in the mouth, a destructive heart, a throat like an open grave, and a flattering tongue.

10

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.

Key Message

Entrusting the judgment of the wicked to God is a more spiritually mature response than human revenge.

▸This 'imprecatory prayer' may seem puzzling in Scripture, but it is a prayer seeking God's righteous judgment, not personal revenge.

11

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.

Key Message

Those who make God their refuge enjoy eternal joy, and knowing God's name (character) is the highest joy.

▸In contrast to the fate of the wicked (v.

12

For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

Key Message

The righteous are surrounded by God's favor like a shield — this protection is what God himself directly performs.

▸The conclusion of Psalm 5 declares that the righteous are blessed and surrounded with God's favor as a shield.