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Psalm 5:7
But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
6You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
8Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
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The abundance of God’s loving kindness gives the speaker confidence to enter his house, while bowing toward the holy temple expresses reverence for the God approached.
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Psalm 132:7“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”Both passages describe entering God’s dwelling place and expressing worship through a posture of humility before him.
Psalm 138:2I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word …Both speakers bow toward God’s holy temple and name his loving kindness as central to their worship.
Hebrews 4:16Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.Both passages connect approaching God with his kindness or grace, giving confidence to those who come before him.
Psalm 51:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your …Both prayers appeal to God’s abundant kindness, one in coming to worship and the other in asking for mercy over transgressions.
Psalm 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.Both speakers turn to God in the abundance of his loving kindness, one approaching his house and the other seeking an answer.
Jonah 2:4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’Both speakers direct their attention toward God’s holy temple, though Jonah speaks from a sense of banishment.
Hebrews 12:28–29Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,Both passages join God’s kindness or grace with reverence in worship and service to him.
Daniel 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three …Both passages describe bodily humility before God and worship directed toward his temple or Jerusalem.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely …Both passages connect coming to God with his mercy or loving kindness, though Isaiah addresses those forsaking wicked ways.
Romans 5:20–21The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,The shared thread is abundance in God’s kindness or grace; Romans addresses trespass, while the psalm describes approaching God in worship.
1 Peter 1:17–19If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent …Both passages describe reverence toward God, expressed in the psalm through bowing and in Peter through the conduct of life.
Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods …Both speakers declare their own resolve toward the LORD amid contrasting choices, committing themselves to worship or service.
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God’s loving kindness gives you reason to approach him with trust. Reverence belongs in that approach: the God whose kindness is abundant is holy.
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