HOLY PSALM OF DAVID (ZABUR) FOUR

King David turned back to God after he had admitted his sins and God declared him righteous.  God does punish sin and David had consequences to suffer. However, God has provided his own suffering to bridge the vast chasm that exists between God’s utter holiness and our unrighteousness, and King David was able to cross that bridge by his utter trust in God’s undeserved grace.  This way of God for His Justice to meet with His Mercy is the good news told in the Ingil (New Testament) that God gave Jesus and foretold in the Tawrat (Jewish Torah), the Zabur (Psalms of David) & the Prophets (Bible: Old Testament)[1]. 

Many years before David’s sin, God had told Abram to go sacrifice his dearly loved son.  God used Abram’s obedience to provide a visible means whereby sinful people can find the mercy and forgiveness of God.  God’s angel intervened to provide an alternative sacrifice for Abram, but God declared him righteous because of his faith.  He had trusted God to raise his son from the dead (if that were necessary) for God had promised Abram that his descendent would bless the world.

The Ingil/ New Testament reveals that the anointed Christ Messiah that David speaks of in Psalm 2 is the means by which God’s righteousness is brought to all mankind ~ to those who submit to God’s chosen Messiah: this is the true submission.

So, it is that David was able to claim that God declared him innocent (v.1),

1 Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer. 2 How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies?  3 You can be sure of this: The Lord set apart the godly for himself. The Lord will answer when I call to him. 4 Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. 5 Offer sacrifices in the right spirit, and trust the Lord.

Who are the godly (v.3)? They are those whom the Lord God himself buys back from sin, Satan and eternal death.  How has the Lord God accomplished this?  He has accomplished this by the life, death and resurrection of His anointed Christ Messiah.

King David (the prophet Davud) encourages us in verses 4 & 5 to trust in God and meditate quietly on him in awe and with praise and thanksgiving in our hearts.

A poem inspired by Psalm 4: -

O Lord help me to know

Your presence in my daily round

The highs and lows all serve your truth

So, give me grace to show

That in all life there is a way

Grief can be filled with hope

A prayer: - Be ever near me, Lord God. Amen

mjk 27/11/17 c. mikereflects

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[1] The Quran describes the four holy books of Islam as, the Tawrat, the Zabur, the Ingil and the Quran – Wiki 10/16