Psalm 5 belongs to a genre of Psalms called laments. They all have a specified ancient form. But notice the psalmist pours out his feelings first. Many times the psalmist expresses feelings of doubt about God and His care for the psalmist. However, the psalms always end in what the psalmist KNOWS about God - that the psalmist can trust in God's goodness and righteousness.
Scripture always tells us to walk in faith - in what we know! We are never to be guided by our feelings. Feelings may (and often do) lead us astray. God's Word and what we know about who God is will never lead us astray.
So when we are deep in anguish like a psalmist in a lament psalm, let's always return to what we know. Romans 12:2 tells us that we are to be transformed by the renewing of our MIND - the feelings follow from what we truly believe.
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