Psalms 6:10 (ESV)
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
David seems to be caught in between a rock and a hard place. In the very next psalm he will write something similar to the above:
Psalms 7:6 (ESV)
Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
His desire is to have God come to a battle he is having with an enemy or enemies. What he is failing to see, in the midst of this conflict, is that God has already been there. He was there all the time. In the midst of our struggles we are often blinded to the fact that God is right there with us. One of the most popular of all time psalms, also written by David, says it this way:
Psalms 23:4-5 (ESV)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Apparently between Psalm 6 and 7 and 23, David has grown in his maturity and understanding of God. This is a lesson in life for us to take note. We might have struggles. We might have enemies. But we are not alone.
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