Psalms 142:6 (ESV)
Attend to my cry,
for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me!
There is probably no one who has escaped the feelings of being vulnerable. There are few who cannot relate with the above verse. If you the few, stop reading now. But if you have ever felt overwhelmed by the persecution of someone, the oppression of groups, or movements, you know how valuable it is to have someone on your side. You know how valuable it is to have someone cover you. Those who persecute others can be cruel and overpowering. In the above psalm we have David crying out to God for protection. He knows he can’t protect himself. He knows he needs the God of the universe to rescue, support, cover him. He is probably reminded of what he wrote in another song:
Psalms 91:3-4 (ESV)
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
In Psalm 142 he is said to be in a cave. No doubt Saul and his army are looking for him. Saul is jealous because God has designated David, not him, to be king over Israel. That jealousy drove him to madness. David, who killed a giant with a stone, is fearful. His solution is to turn to God in prayer. That is a great solution.
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