1Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation
.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil dwell with You.
5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;
In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
10 Pronounce them guilty, O God!
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
For they have rebelled against You.
11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
This psalm in particular highlights the one on one relationship with the Lord and reaches a powerful conclusion in the final verse where it says,
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
The psalm contrasts the fate of the wicked and those who have rebelled.
They will be cast aside, and will fall by their own wicked counsels and devices.
Verse 5 says, 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
As that Bette Midler song says, “God is watching you>”
The Lord has all in his sight and this is for better or worse depending on what He is seeing.
Verse 4 says, “ For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness.,” Nor shall evil dwell with You
While the Lord does not take pleasure in wickedness, contrasting elements of this psalm show clearly what he does take pleasure in and this is highlighted by scenes of the direct one on one relationship with Him in the fellowship of prayer and presence.
Verses one through 3 are key and read as follows,
1Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
Amidst all that is out there, what the Lord is looking for is the presence and voice of that one individual, whose meditation is upon him, whose voice is lifted to him in prayer directed at him in the morning meaning first and foremost and right from the beginning or start of things.
This section of verses in this psalm concludes with the astounding words, “And I will look up,”
A key word here is and, because by using and I will look as opposed to I will look up David is giving the reader the understanding that this look is especially pleasing to the Lord. When you say to someone, and I will do this, this has the connotations of something special.
This is astounding because in the context of this psalm, which otherwise is depicting what displeases the Lord in other sections, it is directly showing that the Lord loves when David looks up towards him and this vision of prayer is quite personal and quite heartening as to the pleasure of the Lord in the one individual and in the one on one relationships that he so values in beholding the upward look from his servant David. This is a great inspirational model for the saints today.
The Lord’s favored servants are in such favor, that the Lord greatly values their very look upward.
The final verses continue with the favor of the Lord.
Verses 11 and 12 say,
11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
These final verses show that there is also the call too many as it says let all.
All who have put their trust in the Lord can ever shout for joy and be joyful in you.
The final powerful verse spells out that the Lord will bless the righteous and brings it right back to the one, whomever that one might be, when it concludes that,” With favor you will surround him as with a shield.”
These concluding words are voiced to the one, to the one who looks up, to the one who will be surrounded in all ways wherever he or she goes with the shielding favor of the goodness of the Lord.
Consider my meditation
.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil dwell with You.
5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;
In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
10 Pronounce them guilty, O God!
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
For they have rebelled against You.
11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
This psalm in particular highlights the one on one relationship with the Lord and reaches a powerful conclusion in the final verse where it says,
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
The psalm contrasts the fate of the wicked and those who have rebelled.
They will be cast aside, and will fall by their own wicked counsels and devices.
Verse 5 says, 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
As that Bette Midler song says, “God is watching you>”
The Lord has all in his sight and this is for better or worse depending on what He is seeing.
Verse 4 says, “ For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness.,” Nor shall evil dwell with You
While the Lord does not take pleasure in wickedness, contrasting elements of this psalm show clearly what he does take pleasure in and this is highlighted by scenes of the direct one on one relationship with Him in the fellowship of prayer and presence.
Verses one through 3 are key and read as follows,
1Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
Amidst all that is out there, what the Lord is looking for is the presence and voice of that one individual, whose meditation is upon him, whose voice is lifted to him in prayer directed at him in the morning meaning first and foremost and right from the beginning or start of things.
This section of verses in this psalm concludes with the astounding words, “And I will look up,”
A key word here is and, because by using and I will look as opposed to I will look up David is giving the reader the understanding that this look is especially pleasing to the Lord. When you say to someone, and I will do this, this has the connotations of something special.
This is astounding because in the context of this psalm, which otherwise is depicting what displeases the Lord in other sections, it is directly showing that the Lord loves when David looks up towards him and this vision of prayer is quite personal and quite heartening as to the pleasure of the Lord in the one individual and in the one on one relationships that he so values in beholding the upward look from his servant David. This is a great inspirational model for the saints today.
The Lord’s favored servants are in such favor, that the Lord greatly values their very look upward.
The final verses continue with the favor of the Lord.
Verses 11 and 12 say,
11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
These final verses show that there is also the call too many as it says let all.
All who have put their trust in the Lord can ever shout for joy and be joyful in you.
The final powerful verse spells out that the Lord will bless the righteous and brings it right back to the one, whomever that one might be, when it concludes that,” With favor you will surround him as with a shield.”
These concluding words are voiced to the one, to the one who looks up, to the one who will be surrounded in all ways wherever he or she goes with the shielding favor of the goodness of the Lord.
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