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Psalm 57 David experienced betrayal at the hand of the self-serving foreigner; the evil Doeg in Psalm 52. Then, after freeing the people of Ziph from a Philistine invasion in Psalm 54 David is betrayed by his own countrymen; this added insult to injury because the people of Ziph should have protected David. […] Psalm 56 What can man do to me? — Quite a lot actually! In fact, I have a brief sampling from the news headlines since we met last Sunday: On Friday, a lone gunman opened fire in a Fedex facility in Indianapolis, killing himself, making a total of 8 people dead.Protests and […] If one were to group Psalms 51-55 into a group and give them a basic thrust or message it would be that these Psalms are “Psalms of Betrayal” David betrayed Urijah, Bathsheba, the child and the people of Israel because He first betrayed God through neglecting the precious reality to which the […] |
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