Yet again David is in trouble. Few of us like facing difficulties or dangers, but the reality is that they can be very effective in our lives. They force us to focus on what is really important and to stop trusting in the wrong things.
Again, David's first concern is whether or not God has anything against him. If God is against us then we really are in trouble, but if God is for us and not against us we have nothing to fear.
David then calls on God to avenge him and to bring an end to wickedness. We may find it hard to take some of the calls for judgement that we find in Psalms. One way to help with this is to ask yourself, what if God never judged evil?
By the end David is confident in God again, knowing that it is those who attack him who will come to a sticky end. In many of the Psalms we see David go through a range of emotions. Sometimes we have a silly idea that if we only trusted God enough we would never struggle, or we condemn ourselves if we are finding things difficult. This is not the way the Bible commends to us. Instead we should work through the negative stuff until we come to a place of praise and trust.
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