Sermon Outline:

Five Confidences of a Believer in Praying to the LORD (Psalm 5:1-12, ESV)

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

• GOD Regards the Prayers of HIS People (Psalm 5:1-3) 

​¹ Give ear to my words, O LORD;
consider my groaning.
² Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
³ O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

• GOD Rejects the Wicked (Psalm 5:4-6)

⁴ For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
⁵ The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
⁶ You destroy those who speak lies;
the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

• GOD Receives HIS People (Psalm 5:7-8)

⁷ But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in the fear of you.
⁸ Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.

• GOD Reprehends the Wicked (Psalm 5:9-10)

⁹ For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.

• GOD Rejoices HIS People (Psalm 5:11-12)

¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.
¹² For you bless the righteous, O LORD;
you cover him with favor as with a shield.