Apr 1996 - - Notes On Psalm 5 - Bible Studies 1964

by John Miller | Category: Voices From The Past | Apr 1996

As king of Israel, David was burdened about the arrogant, the workers of iniquity, the liars and the bloodthirsty and deceitful men within the kingdom over which he reigned. Alas, the men of Israel were not all good men and true. There were those who not only hated godly rule in Israel, but hated also the God of Israel. God, who hates wickedness (moral wrongdoing, fraud and falsehood) and evil (badness, malice), cannot allow such to sojourn with Him. He hates and detests men of this character, and the psalmist hated such, for they were a menace to the good and well being of God's people.

The psalmist speaks of himself, that in the multitude (Hebrew Rob, abundance) of God's lovingkindness (Hebrew Chesed, which means 'piety' and recognition of God on man's part, and 'grace' and 'lovingkindness' on God's part: Hebrew, Chanan, 'mercy', to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior) he would come into God's house. This is God's attitude to him and to us also. In God's fear (Yirah, reverence, David's attitude to God) he would worship toward God's holy Temple. How different was the attitude of the men whom Ezekiel describes!

And He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and behold, at the door of the Temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar; were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the Temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east (Ez. 8:16).

John Miller | Apr 1996
Voices From The Past