Psalm 3
As the text indicates David wrote this psalm when he fled from his son, Absalom. THis happened as after his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah. God was judging him, so the taunts of the enemy that God would not deliver Him would be all the more poignant. Even so David still had faith in God, God was still a shield around him. Go answered his prayers from his holy mountain. The Lord was still His strength and His protector. For all of us there are times when we are acutely aware of our failings, our sinfulness, even in those times God is still our saviour. This is not to belittle our sins in any way, but we must still trust in the Lord, He is our only hope. When Jesus told Peter that despite his protestations he would deny Jesus, Jesus also said He had prayed for Peter that his faith would not fail (Lk 21: 31,32).
So even in this situation, David prays for help from The Lord and knows that deliverance comes from Him.
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