September 24, 2025, Psalm 55:1-23
September 24, 2025, Psalm 55:1-23
55 Give
ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide
not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am
restless in my complaint and I moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because
of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in
anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart
is in anguish within me;
the
terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms
me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would
fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away;
I would
lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter
from the
raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy,
O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I
see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it
on its
walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not
depart from its marketplace.
12 For it
is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I
could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—
then I
could hide from him.
13 But it is you, a man, my equal,
my
companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
within
God's house we walked in the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
let them
go down to Sheol alive;
for evil
is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16 But I
call to God,
and
the Lord will save me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I utter
my complaint and moan,
and he
hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
from the
battle that I wage,
for many
are arrayed against me.
19 God will give ear and humble them,
he who
is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do
not fear God.
20 My
companion stretched out his hand against his friends;
he
violated his covenant.
21 His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war
was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they
were drawn swords.
22 Cast
your burden on the Lord,
and he
will sustain you;
he will never permit
the
righteous to be moved.
23 But you,
O God, will cast them down
into the
pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery
shall
not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
As we
read this psalm, it is clear that some form of betrayal by a friend has been
encountered by David. How does God expect us to express our faith when a friend
or someone you trusted offed you or betrays you? This is so hard but God will
see us through these tough times.
Debbie Walker
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