PSALM 5:1-3: The Key & Lock
"The titles “my King” and “my God” (verse 2), are rich with meaning: David, through a king himself, is subject to another; and the Creator-God who made him is his personal God.
Psalm 5 is to be celebrated in community worship with flute accompaniment...
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. vs.1
There are two sorts of prayers—those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. vs.2
Weeping has a voice—a melting, plaintive tone, an ear-piercing shrillness, which reaches the very heart of God; and crying hath a voice—a soul-moving eloquence; coming from our heart it reaches God's heart.....Observe the order and force of the words,
-"my cry,"
-"the voice of my prayer;" and also,
-"give ear,"
-"consider,"
-"hearken."
These expressions all evince the urgency and energy of David's feelings and petitions.
*First we have, "give ear;" that is, hear me.
*But it is of little service for the words to be heard, unless the "cry," or the roaring, or the meditation, be considered.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. vs.3
"In the morning."
--This is the fittest time for intercourse with God.
--An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
--While the dew is on the grass, let grace drop upon the soul.
--Let us give to God the mornings of our days and the morning of our lives.
C. Expectation
The NKJV says “and I will look up.” But this is not an entirely accurate rendering of the Hebrew. Instead, the Hebrew literally means “to look out, to be on watch.”
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon/Martin Luther/WPBCC
"The titles “my King” and “my God” (verse 2), are rich with meaning: David, through a king himself, is subject to another; and the Creator-God who made him is his personal God.
Psalm 5 is to be celebrated in community worship with flute accompaniment...
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. vs.1
There are two sorts of prayers—those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. vs.2
Weeping has a voice—a melting, plaintive tone, an ear-piercing shrillness, which reaches the very heart of God; and crying hath a voice—a soul-moving eloquence; coming from our heart it reaches God's heart.....Observe the order and force of the words, -"my cry,"
-"the voice of my prayer;" and also,
-"give ear,"
-"consider,"
-"hearken."
These expressions all evince the urgency and energy of David's feelings and petitions.
*First we have, "give ear;" that is, hear me.
*But it is of little service for the words to be heard, unless the "cry," or the roaring, or the meditation, be considered.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. vs.3
"In the morning."
--This is the fittest time for intercourse with God.
--An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
--While the dew is on the grass, let grace drop upon the soul.
--Let us give to God the mornings of our days and the morning of our lives.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night
I will spread out my prayer like the victim on the altar, and I will look up, and expect to receive the answer by fire from heaven to consume the sacrifice....of the tabernacle, that the smoke (symbolic of prayer), went to heaven early in the morning and in the afternoon.
Our Spirit In Prayer
A. Urgency
The psalm immediately begins with a sense of urgency on the part of David. To give ear has a literal meaning of “broadening the ear”.B. Persistence
David was not praying only on one morning. By David saying “in the morning” he was saying that he was praying every morning.C. Expectation
The NKJV says “and I will look up.” But this is not an entirely accurate rendering of the Hebrew. Instead, the Hebrew literally means “to look out, to be on watch.”
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon/Martin Luther/WPBCC