Holy Psalms of David - Psalm 5
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‘O Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my plea, O God my King, for I will never pray to anyone but you. Each morning I will look to you in heaven and lay my requests before you in earnest prayer.’
‘I know you get no pleasure from wickedness and cannot tolerate the slightest sin. Therefore proud sinners will not survive your searching gaze, for how you hate their evil deeds. You will destroy them for their lies; how you abhor all murder and deception.’ Psalm 5 v 1 to 6

Here the Word of God through the prophet David, shows us that even though every one of us is a sinner, it is only ‘proud’ sinners who will not survive on Judgement Day. Those who humble themselves before Allah, and who walk before him in the world with humble hearts, will inherit his blessings. The wicked are those who have proud hearts and who practice deception and murder. Jesus went further and taught that all who are filled with hatred for anyone else have already committed murder in Allah’s sight and will not receive God’s forgiveness on Judgement Day.

‘But as for me, I will come into your ‘temple’ protected by your mercy and your love; I will worship you with deepest awe. Lord, lead me as you have promised you will….’ Psalm 5 v 7 & 8a

Hear we are all taught that any person in this world who wants to approach Allah, the Lord God Almighty, must come to the place of worship, protected by God’s Mercy and Love, which is only on those who humble themselves and receive God’s way of being right with himself.  The prophet Isaiah teaches how this is made possible by Allah (God)’s mercy afforded us through the suffering of God’s special Messiah who would be ‘pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins ...whipped so we could be healed. All of us have strayed like sheep. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. (Isa.53 v.5,6) …  And because of his experience my righteous Servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins (Isa.53 v.11).

The Book of God (N.T, Ingel) teaches us that Jesus was and is God’s Special Messiah who became this suffering Servant that the prophet Isaiah spoke of, and who has become the means of Allah’s mercy being afforded to all who turn to Him in repentance and faith. Such people will come and worship Allah with deepest awe and in submission to him will be protected by God’s mercy and love. We come because God is worthy of such worship and because we all need to worship God in order to be able to live our best during this brief life on earth.  The Lord Jesus also taught that all who would receive God’s mercy must be those who show mercy to others.

The Psalm ends with the words, ‘Enable all who put their trust in you to rejoice. Keep them joyful because you are defending them. Fill all who love you with your happiness, for you bless the godly person, O Lord; you protect them with your shield of love.’

To which all the godly will respond, ‘Amen’ or ‘Let it be so!’