Homilist Psalm 5:1-12 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.… I. IN RELATION TO GOD. Here are revealed — 1. His beliefs of God. In His omniscience the Eternal knows our "meditation." In God's moral holiness, God's being is the foundation, God's will the standard, and God's influence the fountain, of all moral excellence in the universe. In the administrative rectitude of God. The holy God must punish unrepenting sinners, wherever they are found. There is administrative justice in the universe which will righteously balance the affairs of humanity one day. 2. His feelings towards God. The feeling of personal interest. My King. He felt that the Guardian of the universe was in a high sense his; his Guardian, his Father, and his Friend. A feeling of earnest supplication. And the feeling of practical expectancy. David "looked up" expecting. 3. His purpose in relation to God. He purposed early prayer; orderly prayer; there is a becoming order in worship. II. IN RELATION TO SOCIETY. 1. He regards all who are his enemies as enemies to God. See in David's conduct the common mistake of bigots, and the persecuting spirit of bigots. 2. He regards all who were God's friends as his own. God's friends should be our friends, His people our people. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. |
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