Psalm 5: A Cry for Help

PSALM 4:7

disappointment in parties, people, and provisions. At parties, she didn’t feel warmly accepted. With people, she didn’t receive the level of friendship she

Instead of focusing on what she could get, she started to focus on what she could give. She became the person at parties who included outsiders. She the roof over her head and the spare food in her fridge. As we release our focus on self and turn our focus toward God, we will just in the gifts.

Psalm 5

A Cry for Help

A psalm of David. To the music director: accompanied by flutes.a 1 Listen to my words, O L;

Consider my groans. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, For I am praying to you. 3 In the morning you hear my voice, O L; In the morning I lay my prayersb before you; And then I wait. 4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. Evil does not dwell in you; 5 The arrogant do not stand before your eyes; You hate all who do evil; 6 You destroy those who tell lies; You, the L, abhor men of bloodshed and deceit. 7 As for me, I enter your house only because of your abundant lovingkindness; I bow down in fear toward your holy temple. 8 Guide me, O L, in your righteousness because of my enemies;

Make your way straight before me.

a “Flutes”: The exact musical instrument is uncertain. b Literally, “lay it.”