Considered a morning prayer to be played on the flutes, while Psalm 3 was a morning prayer and Psalm 4 was an evening prayer played on stringed instruments. This gives us the impression of waking up to a cloudy morning. How will the rest of the day go for us? David's enemies seem to be lying maliciously about him. To whom or to what will he turn? If he turns to God, what will he pray?
1) Humbly, but deliberately, pray to your sovereign God—5:1-6 2) Confidently request from your God—5:7-12 3) Things we need to remember: a) Remember that we all begin this life as the wicked are described in these verses. We all are in desperate need of rescue. b) We may wish that prayer was all courtesy and finesse. If so, we have no business messing with the Psalms. Prayer must often have a hard edge to it, because it has to deal with evil. (D. R. Davis) c) Everything in life must be viewed from the perspective of the high and lofty character of God. (Lawson)
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By God's amazing grace alone, Phil was drawn to salvation in Jesus Christ as a college freshman. He began his pastoral ministry as an assistant pastor (working specifically with youth and music) in 1983 while in seminary. He became the senior pastor here at Calvary in December...
