GIVE EAR, LORD
PSALM 5:1-12
Introduction:
“Throughout the first, second, third, and forth Psalms, you will have noticed that the subject is a contrast between the position, the character, and the prospects of the righteous and of the wicked. In this Psalm you will note the same. The Psalmist carries out a contrast between himself made righteous by God’s grace, and the wicked who opposed him.
“To the devout mind there is here presented a precious view of the Lord Jesus, of whom it is said that in the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears.” —Charles H. Spurgeon (Hebrews 5:7)
I. CONSIDER MY MEDITATION
A. David earnestly beseeches God to hear his prayer, vv. 1-3; Psalms 17:1, “Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.”
1. David before the Lord early in the day, Mark 1:35, “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.”
2. David’s confidence was firm in the Lord, 1 John 5:14, “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”
3. David had asked that which was right and expected God to give it to him, Psalms 66:19, “But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.”
B. None of God’s children are possessed with a dumb devil, therefore we ought to cry to the Lord as David did, Psalms 55:17, “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
II. DAVID ASSURES HIMSELF OF GOD’S JUSTICE
A. God’s judgment against his enemies, vv. 4-6; Psalms 101:7, “He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”
1. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight, v. 5; Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
2. God thoroughly hates iniquity, Habakkuk 1:13, “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?”
a. Sinners will not stand in the congregation of the righteous, Psalms 1:5, “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.”
b. God warned Israel about walking in the ways of the wicked, Leviticus 20:23, “And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.”
B. Liars God hates, v. 6; Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
III. DAVID DECLARES HIS FAITH IN GOD v. 7
A. I will come into thy house, but not by my own merits.
1. I will come in the multitude of your mercy, Psalms 51:1, “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.”
“I will approach thee with confidence because of thy immeasurable grace. God’s judgments are all numbered, but his mercies are innumerable; he gives his wrath by weight, but without weight his mercy.” —Charles H. Spurgeon
2. And in thy fear will I worship, Psalms 130:4, But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.”
B. David trusts God to guide his goings, v. 8; Psalms 25:4, “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.”
1. He asked God to teach him His ways, Psalms 86:11, “Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.”
2. David was not half-hearted in his desire to serve the Lord, Psalms 119:10, “With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”
IV. DAVID CRYS AGAINST THE CRUELTY OF HIS ENEMIES vv. 9-12
A. The wicked have no fear of God, Psalms 36:1, “The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.”
B. David prays for God to destroy them, v. 10.
1. They have rebelled against God and are guilty before Him, Romans 3:19, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” 1 Samuel 15:23.
2. They know their sin, Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
CONCLUSION