Digging Deeper into the book of Psalms....chapter 5

 This weeks study is found in Psalms 5. Psalms 4 is said to be an "evening prayer" and chapter 5 a "morning prayer." It seems appropriate that the prayers should be listed in this order since we know that the Sabbath day begins at sunset on Friday. So an evening prayer first and then a morning prayer seems logical. 

There were a lot of interesting things in this chapter but we are doing to be focusing more on verses 11 and 12. 

11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Psalms 5:11-12

"Those that trust in God ever have an occasion for joy!" 

Be joyful in thee~ 

"The devout Christian will rejoice in all God has revealed of Himself. He finds his joy in God, in contemplating the attributes and the evidences of His love, in communion with Him, and in loving service for Him."

The word shield in the Hebrew suggests " a large shield that is said to have covered the whole body... As the shield is thrown around the soldier in the day of battle, so God gives complete protection to the righteous. The psalms closes with the psalmists avowal of perfect trust in God's complete protection."  

"Let us give to God the morning of our days and the mornings of our lives. Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. Devotion should be both the morning star and the evening star. If we start the day right, we shall be more aware of God's presence through its hours, and surer of coming to our beds at night with quietness and confidence in our hearts." 

~ Spurgeon 

"There is no better habit than the habit of morning prayer, when alone with God the soul prepares to discharge the duties and meet the problems of the unknown day."