Thomas R. Hawkins | Read Psalm 5:1-8
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Sign Up TodayNaboth’s widow and children could have written Psalm 5. The psalmist praises God as the one who takes no delight in evil, greed, dishonesty, or treachery. The psalmist’s God is the arbiter of justice and the strength of the oppressed. We can imagine Naboth’s survivors praying this psalm of lament,...
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness . . . ; make your way straight before me. Amen.
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