d as his guide so he can reign righteously and perfectly blamelessly. David believes that his enemies are waiting to catch him unaware. He didn’t pray for an easy path, he prayed that God would show him what steps to take in the difficult circumstances that he faces. He first wishes to be ruled by God as sovereign (Makrakis, 164). David then prayed for deliverance. “Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: fro false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.” Satan’s main goal is to destroy God’s people, and if he cannot do it with weapons, he will do it with words. David feared the harsh words of his enemies just as much as he feared their weapons. He felt his need for the Lord’s grace and guidance (Phillips, 207). He asked God not to let his enemies maltreat him, and to frustrate all the plots of his enemies. David was very strong in his requests and he was not afraid to ask the Lord for anything. The Lord says in scripture that we are to pray with thanksgiving and knowing that God will answer our prayer, and He also says if you ask, you will receive. The more we ask for God’s help and blessings, the happier he is to give them to us.In closing the psalm, David is again rising from the lowlands of fear. He was saved by the grace of God, time and time again. “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” He brings the element of trust back into focus. It is what saved him from utter despair. He took his stand upon the goodness of God. The present earth is the earth of the dying, where evil predominates, and the future earth, is the earth of the living, where the good things of God prevail. David believed that he was to see and enjoy the goodness of the future life. That was the reason he was working against evil with his faith in God’s promises.“Wait on the Lord: be ...
