RRB notes on Psalm 5

Psalms 5 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David

1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. [1]

[1] A “no-no” for all modern Evangelicals. Nobody is to be told anything like Proverbs 6:16-19; Psalms 139:22; and Romans 9:13. There is to be no hint that God ever hated anybody. It is not “productive.” It’ll hurt your attendance, enrollment, and income. Ask Rick Warren; he’ll say “Amen” quickly. The Jews were dispersed in A.D. 70 because God said He hated His own chosen people (Hos. 9:15, 17).

6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. [2]

[2] Mohammed changed this direction from facing Jerusalem to facing Mecca after the Jews of his day called him a false prophet (see App. 50). If Allah (“the god”) is the “God” of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, then Mohammed surely blew it; for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob put His name on Jerusalem and never mentioned “Mecca.”

8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; [a] their throat is an open sepulchre; [b] they flatter with their tongue. [c]

[a] Mark 7:20-23.

[b] Rom. 3:13.

[c] Psa. 36:2; Prov. 29:5, 20:19; Dan. 11:32.

10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled [d] against thee.

[d] See notes on Gen. 14:4; Ezra 2:13.

11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

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RRB Notes on Gen. 14:4

Genesis 14:4 KJV

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. [c]

[c] By the law of first mention, the number 13 is fixed implacably with rebellion. Hence, the constant references to the American Revolution.

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RRB Notes on Ezra 2:13

Ezra 2:13 KJV

The children of Adonikam, [a] six hundred sixty and six. [b]

[a] “Adonikam” means “the lord of the rebellion” (2 Sam. 18:18). It is a direct reference to the Antichrist (App. 37).

[b] Second Advent reference missed by all the scholars (cf. Gen. 13:13; Num. 13:13; Exod. 13:13; John 13:13; Rev. 13:13).