Psalm 5:1-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“1Give ear to my words, O LORD;
consider my groaning.
2Attend to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to You I pray.
3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I lay my plea before You
and wait in expectation.
4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
no evil can dwell with You.
5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
6You destroy those who tell lies;
the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.”

The Workers of Evil

Who are the workers of evil who delight in wickedness in our world today? They are all who reject the authority of God, who deny His Lordship over their lives, by their practices, who deliberately and habitually sin against the Lord God, and who refuse to obey His commands, all the while they make professions of faith in Jesus, and they claim to be His followers. They are hypocrites who profess one thing with their lips while they live the opposite, who are plotting evil in secret against the righteous who they despise.

But they are also those who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ, and who plot evil against the righteous, but not just against the righteous, but against all people who do not bow to them. For they want the people’s undivided loyalties and devotion, and they want the world to see them as kings who are supposedly making this world a better place for us all to live. But they are the wicked, the immoral, and the arrogant who want to be worshipped above God so that every knee will bow to them as “gods.”

Those God Regards as The Righteous

The righteous are all who have bowed the knee to God in true worship of Him, for whom sin is no longer what they practice, but for whom godliness and righteousness are what they practice in obedience to God and to His New Covenant Commands. They are those who love the Lord and the teachings of the Scriptures, who make it their practice to do what all of us who profess faith in Jesus are instructed to do in the Scriptures, which is to deny self, die to sin, and obey God in life practice, in the power of God.

We are not yet made perfect, and it is possible that we could still sin (1 John 2:1-2), but because we love and serve our Lord, sin is not our practice, but obedience to God is our practice. Our lives are now surrendered to the Lord to doing His will in His service. Therefore, many of us are speaking boldly the words of the Lord to the people for their deliverance from slavery to sin so they might also find favor with God and have eternal life in Him. And we stand for what is right, and we speak against evil, just as Jesus did.

Psalm 5:8-9 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make straight Your way before me.
9For not a word they speak can be trusted;
destruction lies within them.
Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”

We live in a day and time when the gospel of Christ is under attack, and when many liars and deceivers are teaching a false half-truth gospel message to the people, and when multitudes of people are embracing the lies and are rejecting the truth, because the lies convince them that they can continue living in sin, doing what their evil hearts desire, and that they are not required to obey God and His commands. And then they are being promised forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their eternal destiny.

But Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Psalm 5:11-12 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“11But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them ever shout for joy.
May You shelter them,
that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous;
You surround them with the shield of Your favor.”

Yes! If we are following Jesus Christ with our lives, in obedience to His commands, as a matter of life practice, and if our lives are surrendered to Him to doing His will, and so we are out there in the world declaring to the people of this world the truth of what God’s Word teaches as the gospel of our salvation, we are going to face opposition. And some people will fight against us, and what we are sharing from God’s Word, because they are believing the lies of the enemy so that they can keep living in their sin.

But we are not to let them discourage us. We must take refuge in the Lord and keep on keeping on in our walks of faith, in obedience to our Lord, in doing what He has called us to do and to say. And even though the enemy is against us, and if we are being verbally attacked, and if we are being lied about and accused falsely of what we did not do or say, we are to continue to rejoice in the Lord and in His Word and to speak His truths to the people. For the Lord will bless us, and He will be our shield of protection.

Take Refuge in The Lord
An Original Work / November 11, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I Take Refuge

Based off Psalm 71
An Original Work / September 1, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

O, Lord, I take refuge in You,
For You are my God.
Turn Your ear now to me.

Be my Rock and Fortress
To which I do go.
Deliver me, God. You’re my hope.

My lips now give praise to You, God.
I always have hope,
Since You saved me from sin.

My enemies speak evil
‘gainst me, O God.
Oh, help me, O Lord, rescue me.

The path of my life has been hard.
For, I have had troubles
Too many to bear.

But You will increase honor,
Restore again.
Your faithfulness, Lord, comforts me.