David brings his opponents’ activities to God. He desires divine protection from their schemes to overthrow him. They are numerically strong (a throng) and determined (they hold fast to their plans). Their method is to entrap the righteous suddenly, and it seems as if the righteous are helpless to do anything about what is happening (vv. 1-6).
While the righteous may be powerless, they know one who is not, and that is the Lord. He also has his weapons that he can use quickly, and he can even use the sudden moves of the enemy to entrap them suddenly. When he moves, the outcome for David’s opponents will be complete ruin, and they will become the objects of ridicule (vv. 7-8).
(It is possible that David has already received deliverance from his complaint, that what he prayed about in verses 1-6 had been dealt with by God in verses 7-8. If that was the case, then David has mentioned in this psalm what he wrote before the answer came and what occurred when the answer came.)
God’s victory will be so complete and obvious that people will be compelled to speak about it and reflect upon his actions. So we have a clue here as to when to know God has answered our prayers for big interventions by him. Divine action will be so striking that it becomes the talk on the street as to how such a dramatic turn of events can occur (v. 9).
Why was David confident that this would happen? He had this certainty because he knew the character of God, he knew the attributes of God and he knew the promises of God. It is through them that we have to judge circumstances and not by the abilities and apparent progress of opponents.
Meanwhile, David states what should be the obvious response of the righteous. Until God acts, they can rejoice in him and go to him for protection. Indeed their rejoicing should be great, and that is before God delivers them (v. 10). So how great will their rejoicing be after he has done so!
No comments:
Post a Comment