Psalm 5:7 But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.
Slightly longer than the four psalms so far, Psalm 5 is again For the director of music but this time For flutes (perhaps those used in lamentation) and is again A psalm of David, though there is no detail of when it was written. In verse 3 he does say In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. which brings us to another morning - the next day after the previous psalms? Like Psalm 1. Psalm 5 contrasts the blessed and the wicked but this time with much more emphasis on the wicked - who cannot dwell with God, who is not pleased with wickedness. The arrogant cannot stand in his presence; he hates all who do wrong. Their arrogance, lies and bloodthirst are their downfall and David prays that God will Declare them guilty and Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, he says for they have rebelled against you. Meanwhile, he prays God's blessing on the righteous. In verse 7 he contrasts himself with the wicked who oppose him - But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple. Here in the Old Testament context, he has in mind the Temple or Tabernacle but the application to heaven itself is not difficult to see. It is important to note that although holiness is essential yet it is by your great mercy that David expects such the blessing of an encounter in the Temple. This is the great longing of the righteous then and what leads them into righteousness despite the often virulent opposition that the wicked show towards them.
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