David’s Terrifying Oppression If we are ever tempted to give up or to run away from our problems, then this is the Psalm for us. It seems that David wrote this Psalm when Absalom’s rebellion was coming to a head in Jerusalem. He felt what so many of us have felt when things have piled up on …
David’s Painful Betrayal Like Psalm 54, this Psalm is about betrayal and treachery. In Psalm 54 the betrayal took place in
David’s youth, before he was
king. The betrayal referred to in this Psalm was from a member of his own family (his son) as
well as by a close and trusted
friend
(Ahithophel) (v. 12). …
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David’s Terrifying Oppression
If we are ever tempted to give up or to run away from our problems, then this is the Psalm for us. It seems that David wrote this Psalm when Absalom’s rebellion was coming to a head in Jerusalem. He felt what so many of us have felt when things have piled up on …
David’s Painful Betrayal
Like Psalm 54, this Psalm is about betrayal and treachery. In Psalm 54 the betrayal took place in David’s youth, before he was king. The betrayal referred to in this Psalm was from a member of his own family (his son) as well as by a close and trusted friend (Ahithophel) (v. 12). …