Psalms 5:1-3

Ps 5:1-3 (KJV) “Give ear to my words, O Lord (Yahweh), consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”

In Psalms 5 David addresses God by his personal name, Yahweh, in a very intimate way. David requests that Yahweh please pay close attention to his thoughts and prayer. In the Hebrew culture, as a matter of respect, you would always address an individual with authority by their title, like Rabbi, Master or King. But the original translation of “LORD” in this scripture is actually “Yahweh,” God’s name. Only a person who has a close personal relationship with such a person, like a spouse or someone that might be considered their equal would be permitted to call them by their personal name.

But David is not showing disrespect here because he understands that God is eager to be our close friend. Yahweh wants us to have a loving and affectionate relationship with Him. In contrast, those who are afraid to offend God and put Him on a pedestal may have a formal or superficial relationship with Him and never really come to understand the tender relationship God desires to share with us.

Never the less, in the very next sentence David points out Yahweh’s high and exalted position by calling Him “my King and my God.” (NLT) interprets the next line to say “for I pray to no one but you” as recognition that only his God is powerful enough to hear and answer our cries. With confidence, David knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that Yahweh will hear his voice during his morning devotional time and with total expectation David “looks up” to wait and see how God will answer him.

Psalm 5 is my theme to this blog. I fully expect Yahweh to hear me in my devotional time I spend in this blog, I know He will consider my meditation. But like David, who shared his Psalms with the world. I also wish to open myself up to all who read this post to consider my meditations with me, and I would love to hear your comments, positive or negative, and together we can “look up” and see God in action.

What do you typically do for your devotion time with God? Describe the quality of time you spend with God?