Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The
Book of Psalm 5:1-3
All commentary is
prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades
1 Hear my words, O
Lord: understand my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
my king and my God: for unto thee do I pray. 3 Hear my voice in the
morning, O Lord: for in the morning will I direct me unto thee, and I
will wait.
Brethren:
We once again pick
up our study of the Psalms.
As
written above we find the Psalmist in prayer and supplication to our
Creator. Many of the great men of God, those who were men of His own
heart followed this same pattern. This is to say they prayed and
meditated upon His word and precepts starting early in the morning.
We would do well to emulate them, and seek (Read Ezra 4:2 Jeremiah
29:13; Hosea 10:12) His face in a likewise manner and whilst you
seek, seek with a humble heart. Additionally, read His word in the
evening before we retire. And in the between times during our day
whilst we labor, to sing hymns or psalms, or even to repeat the
messages (to ourselves), we’ve read and studied. Also
let our actions reflect the words that we’ve read each day. -
Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - A humble servant
of the Lord Jesus Christ
“ What David here
prays for, which may encourage our faith and hopes in all our
addresses to God. If we pray fervently, and in faith, we have reason
to hope.
That God will take
cognizance of our case, the representation we make of it and the
requests we make upon it; for so he prays here: Give ear to my words,
O Lord! Though God is in heaven, he has an ear open to his people’s
prayers, and it is not heavy, that he cannot hear. Men perhaps will
not or cannot hear us; our enemies are so haughty that they will not,
our friends at such a distance that they cannot; but God, though
high, though in heaven, can, and will.
That he will take it
into his wise and compassionate consideration, and will not slight
it, or turn it off with a cursory answer; for so he prays: Consider
my meditation. David’s prayers were not his words only, but his
meditations; as meditation is the best preparative for prayer, so
prayer is the best issue of meditation. Meditation and prayer should
go together, (Read Psalm 19:14). It is when we thus consider our
prayers, and then only, that we may expect that God will consider
them, and take that to his heart which comes from ours.
That he will, in due
time, return a gracious answer of peace; for so he prays: Hearken to
the voice of my cry. His prayer was a cry; it was the voice of his
cry, which denotes fervency of affection and importunity of
expression; and such effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man
avail much and do wonders.” - Matthew Henry
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