In another verse, God reassures us that victory belongs to Him, He is the one who repays. Here, David is dealing with personal betrayal, something that most of us are acquainted with, and he comes to God seeking justice, comfort and reassurance. It is the care of the Father that sustains him, the hope that He gives that keeps David running.

Today. We need to be assured that God will indeed do the same for us and all His children, when we turn to Him. We praise Him for being just, right & fair in His dealings with us and with our enemies, and we seek His heart, that ours my be made more and more like His as we GoLove, in Jesus’ Name, even those who would do us harm.

Victory in Spite of Betrayal
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
“1 Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.
2 The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.
4 I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.
8 “Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he wont rise again from where he lies!”
9 Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
10 But You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.
11 By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
12 You supported me because of my integrity
and set me in Your presence forever.
13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.