He had been all his life. Saul, the Philistines, now his own family. People wanted him dead. But it wasn't just these enemies 'foreign,' David had internal enemies as well.
It's this that I can relate to. Sure, I feel from time to time that someone is out to get me- the IRS, other drivers, the cat- but mostly I feel the attacks from the enemies within me and the unseen enemies. Things like anxiety, fear, spiritual oppression, temptation, and doubt keep me up at night.
Which is the take-away I got from this Psalm. In verse 5, we read:
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
It is so nice, and so important that I get a good night's sleep. But when I am besieged by enemies and anxieties, I do not sleep well. David trusted so much in God that in the midst of being pursued and attacked, he could sleep. And when he woke, he still trusted in God, and called for Him to "break the teeth" (ouch) of the wicked.
David believed God fought for him.
Maybe we should as well.
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