RR Psalm 52:4,5 Part 3

Shalom,

Psalm 52:4 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit. 5 You love evil instead of good, lying rather than speaking right. Selah

David is not yet done trashing “Doeg.”  This sounds a lot like Habakkuk rebuking the Chaldeans… Habakkuk 2:16 You are filled with disgrace rather than glory. Drink—you too—and be uncircumcised. The cup of Adonai’s right hand will surround you, and disgrace will come upon your glory.  The contrast here is between disgrace and glory.  Today, in our subject verse, the contrast is between loving evil instead of good, and by extension, lying rather than speaking right (“Tzedek” means “righteousness”).

Our prayer is that we will be kept by God far from such evil works.  Psalm 119:36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.  As Yeshua taught us to pray… Matthew 6:13  “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”  Notice as well the connection Yeshua makes between “temptation” and “unforgiveness.”  Matthew 6:14 “For if you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.  

The lesson here should be clear… guard your thoughts, guard your tongue, and God will stand guard over you.  Psalm 121:7 Adonai will protect you from all evil. He will guard your life. 8 Adonai will watch over your coming and your going from this time forth and forevermore.  And finally, Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai…. 11 For He will give His angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways. Shalom shalom.

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