“…I enter Your house by the abundance of Your faithful love” (Ps 5:7/HCSB).
That is just beautiful. We enter His home by the abundance of His love.
This Psalm according to the Scripture is entitled “The Refuge of the Righteous.” And that refuge is found in the Lord.
David says he begins in prayer at daybreak, and waits upon the Lord to see the fulfillment of his prayers.
He then states that God does not delight in wickedness but rather abhors those who do evil. This is actually is contrary to the statement, “God loves the sinner but hates the sin.” There’s truth to this in that God is working to redeem the sinner. But it is a false dichotomy that tries to completely separate sin and sinner. Yet God’s punishment does not just come against sin (he did that on the cross), but those who continue in sin.
But here David is expressing himself not in a theological treatise, but in poetic expressions of the heart.
David goes on that God loves and leads the righteous, those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
And then David prays an impreccatory prayer–a psalm and a prayer asking God to bring judgment against those who do evil.
“Punish them, God; let them fall by their own schemed. Drive them out because of their many crimes, for they rebel against You” (Ps 5:10).
Is this poetic heart expression or does David really mean it? My guess is a little of both.
“But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them shout for joy forever. May you shelter them, and may those who love your name boast about You. For You, Lord, bless the righteous one; You surround him with favor like a shield” (Ps 5:11-12).
What a beautiful verse. The Lord is the refuge of the righteous, a shelter and a joy. The one God surrounds with favor as with a shield.
It doesn’t mean that all goes well. But that there is safety and security in the Lord’s goodness. And that doesn’t stop even in death.
