My King and My God, Journey through Lent with the Psalms

Today read Psalms 5 through 8. While the language of sovereign and king evokes for us opulence and power, in Psalm 5 the King is a protector and a shield against danger. Trust is an essential element in the relationship. Which is why the Psalm speaks of lying and deceit as the evil that destroys relationships. Scholar James L. May in Psalms: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching comments, "Speech is the distinctively human capacity, the interpreter of others and of all around us. It is also the cheapest, most common and inhuman means of causing trouble and anguish for others. There is a profound and essential relation between truth telling and God." What words will you use today? Another reader of this blog found a map to read the psalms at: examen.me.