Ps 5 - SP summary

🧠 Pre-Summary Questions for Psalm 5

1. Who is the speaker?

• A. David requesting justice (Rating: 3/10 – surface reading)
• B. Christ speaking as the righteous one (Rating: 10/10 – consistent with SP method)

2. What is the “morning” in verse 3?

• A. Literal time of day (Rating: 2/10)
• B. The resurrection morning (firstfruit of new creation) (Rating: 10/10 – 1 Cor 15:20)

3. Who are the "bloodthirsty and deceitful"?

• A. David's enemies (Rating: 3/10)
• B. The rebellious bride and Christ’s own flesh (Rating: 10/10 – SP principle: Christ bears sin, even His enemies are “within”)

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✨ SP Summary of Psalm 5 – With NT Fulfillment

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Verses 1–3

"Give ear to my words, O LORD... in the morning I prepare a sacrifice and watch."

• Christ cries out to the Father during His passion, with resurrection hope.
• “Morning” = resurrection (Mark 16:2), when light shines and the sacrifice is complete.
• “Prepare a sacrifice” = Christ offers Himself.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Mark 15:34 – “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
  • Mark 16:2 – “Very early… they came to the tomb…”
  • Hebrews 10:10 – “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus.”

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Verse 4–6

"You are not a God who delights in wickedness… You destroy those who speak lies…"

• God cannot dwell with sin—so Christ separates flesh from Spirit at the cross.
• The wicked, boastful, bloodthirsty = symbols of Christ made to be sin.
• Their destruction = His crucifixion, judged in our place.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Romans 8:3 – “God condemned sin in the flesh.”
  • 2 Cor 5:21 – “He made Him to be sin who knew no sin…”

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Verse 7

"But I, through the abundance of Your steadfast love, will enter Your house…"

• Resurrection: Christ enters the heavenly temple, not by works, but by the Father’s love.
• The bride follows Him in.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Hebrews 9:24 – “Christ has entered… into heaven itself…”
  • John 14:2–3 – “I go to prepare a place for you…”

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Verse 8

"Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness... make Your way straight before me."

• The Son asks the Father to lead Him—the perfect obedience of Christ in Gethsemane and beyond.
• “Make straight” = the path to the cross, and through it, to the resurrection.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Luke 22:42 – “Not My will, but Yours be done.”
  • John 14:6 – “I am the Way…”

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Verses 9–10

"There is no truth in their mouth... pronounce them guilty, O God..."

• Christ describes the flesh—lying, self-destructive, unable to speak truth.
• In SP, this includes His own flesh, which He lays down.
• “Pronounce them guilty” = the judgment placed on Him, for our sake.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Romans 3:10–14 – “Their throats are open graves… the poison of asps is under their lips.”
  • Isaiah 53:6 – “The LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

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Verses 11–12

"But let all who take refuge in You rejoice... For You bless the righteous, O LORD..."

• The bride is now described—those who hide in Christ, rejoicing in resurrection.
• She is surrounded with favor like a shield—the righteousness of Christ.
• NT Fulfillment:
  • Philippians 3:9 – “Not having a righteousness of my own… but that which comes through faith in Christ.”
  • Colossians 3:3 – “Your life is hidden with Christ in God.”

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✝️ Gospel Retelling of Psalm 5

Christ cried out in the night, but in the morning, He rose. He offered Himself as a sacrifice and waited for the Father's answer.

Though He was made sin, and the wickedness of man clung to Him, He entered the Father’s house by grace and opened the way. The flesh was judged and cast out, but the Spirit rose.

Now, all who take refuge in Him rejoice. The bride is blessed, shielded, and made righteous—not by her own deeds, but by the blood of the Lamb.

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📖 NT Fulfillment Table

Psalm 5 Verse	New Testament Link
v1–3	Mark 15:34; Mark 16:2; Heb 10:10
v4–6	Rom 8:3; 2 Cor 5:21
v7	Heb 9:24; John 14:2–3
v8	Luke 22:42; John 14:6
v9–10	Rom 3:10–14; Isa 53:6
v11–12	Phil 3:9; Col 3:3

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