September 3rd Your Daily Bible Study:
psalm
5
a
pSALM OF DAVID: a PRAYER FOR PROTECTION
1 Give
ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. (As the Fourth
Psalm was an evening Psalm, a prayer to the Lord concerning the coming night,
the Fifth Psalm is a morning Psalm.
David awakens to meditate upon God and pray. This pertains likewise to Christ [Isa.
50:4].)
2 Hearken
unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:
for unto You will I pray (we learn from
these Psalms just how strong was David’s prayer life, and likewise our
Saviour’s).
3 My
voice shall You hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my
prayer unto You, and will look up (he will “look
up,” simply because his help comes from above; we must never forget that).
4 For
You are not a God Who has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with You (there was no wickedness or evil in the Messiah; there
was terrible wickedness and evil in Israel).
5 The
foolish shall not stand in Your sight:
You hate all workers of iniquity (Israel played the fool and rejected the Messiah;
consequently, they could not stand in God’s sight; God cannot abide wickedness
or evil, even in those He calls His “Chosen”).
6 You
shall destroy them who speak leasing (lies): the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man (this has a
double meaning; the first speaks of Ahithophel, who betrayed David; he was
David’s closest advisor; the second and foremost speaks of Judas, the Lord’s
Disciple, who betrayed Him).
7 But
as for me, I will come into Your House in the multitude of Your Mercy: and in Your fear will I worship toward Your
Holy Temple (the “Temple” referred to here is
speaking of the Heavenly Temple toward which David prayed and the Earthly
Temple into which Jesus went [Jn. 2:16]; so, He came into this “House” in
“Mercy” and “fear” and cleansed the Temple of its traffickers).
8 Lead
me, O LORD, in Your Righteousness because of my enemies; make Your Way straight
before my face (when Jesus cleansed the Temple, He did not fear
His “enemies,” because He was led by the Holy Spirit because of Righteousness).
9 For
there is no faithfulness in their mouth (the
Pharisees); their inward part is very
wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre (the Sadducees); they flatter
with their tongue (the Herodians).
10 Destroy
You them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the
multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against You (in all cases, this prayer was answered; Ahithophel died
of suicide, Absalom was killed in the battle to overthrow David; likewise,
Judas died of suicide, and the whole of Israel was destroyed in A.D. 70).
11 But
let all those who put their trust in You rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because You
defend them: let them also who love Your
Name be joyful in You (this Passage speaks of
the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also the Resurrection of David,
who was resurrected from potential destruction; David placed his trust in
Jehovah, and the Lord restored him to the throne).
12 For
You, LORD, will bless the Righteous; with favour will You compass him as with a
shield. (The
“shield” addressed here is the largest size, which covers the entire body. This
shield here is the favor and Grace of Jehovah.
The
“Righteous” is the Lord Jesus. All who
are in Him are likewise blessed.)
Psalm
6
A
Psalm of david: The intercessory prayer
of christ
1 O
Lord rebuke me not in Your anger, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure. (This is an example of the complete advocacy of Christ in
Intercession. He, though Himself
sinless, declares Himself in these Psalms to be the Advocate. And He expresses to God the abhorrence of
sin, accompanied by the Repentance and sorrow which man ought to feel and
express, but will not and cannot. Similarly,
the faith, love, obedience, and worship which man fails to give, He perfectly
renders.
Thus,
as the High Priest of His People, He, the True Advocate, charges Himself with
the guilt of our sins, declares them to be His Own, confesses them, repents of
them, declaring at the same time His Own sinlessness, and atones for them. Thus, those Psalms in which the speaker
declares his sinfulness and his sinlessness become quite clear of comprehension
when it is recognized Who the Speaker is — Williams.)
2 Have
mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O
LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. (As David cried these words to the Lord,
he was saying that which the Son of David cried for Israel, and as well for every Saint
of God. In fact, these particular Psalms
constitute the Intercession of Christ on our behalf. So, when you read these words, apply them to
yourself, for they were given for you and me.)
3 My
soul is also sore vexed: but You, O
LORD, how long? (In essence, Jesus repeated these words
later in His Ministry, when He said, “Now is My soul troubled” [Jn. 12:27].)
4 Return,
O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for
Your Mercies’ sake (it
is only by and through the Mercy of God that we are Saved or helped; for
certain, we do not deserve such!).
5 For
in death there is no remembrance of You:
in the grave who shall give You thanks?
(This means simply that after death there
is no more opportunity to be saved.)
6 I
am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my
couch with my tears (on
this particular night, and no doubt on many other nights, Christ in secret wept
bitterly over the guilty city, as that day He had wept aloud over it in public
[Lk. 19:41]).
7 My
eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all my enemies (David’s enemies were myriad because David was a Type of
Christ, Who as well would be surrounded by many enemies — the Pharisees, etc.).
8 Depart
from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my
weeping. (For
three and one half years of public ministry, the Lord importuned the leaders of
Israel
to return to God; however, they persisted in their iniquity and rebellion. Soon He would depart for Glory, and soon they
would depart for eternal darkness [Jn. 7:34].)
9 The
LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer (the LORD always hears the prayers of
the Messiah; He always heeds His Supplication).
10 Let
all my enemies be ashamed and sore vexed:
let them return and be ashamed suddenly (this
prayer regarding Christ has not yet been answered; it will be answered in the
not-too-distant future [Zech. 12:10]).
