🎤 Psalm 59 Song - Deliver Me

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Psalm 59 has its share of angry requests to God, asking him to destroy enemies, and "Consume them in wrath!"

When anyone reads these “negative” Psalms, full of vengeance, which are so against other-nations and peoples, it's pretty common to question why they're even included in the scriptures. They don't seem to reflect the teaching of Jesus: to show love for one's enemies, or to pray for those who persecute us.

But my wife, Joanne, pointed out something insightful this morning. She reminded me that these are common responses which most of us feel when we've been hurt, persecuted, or otherwise mistreated! We'd love to put people in their place, and to seek vengeance ourselves for the wrongs done against us. Oh, to give that person a “piece of my mind!”

But what we ought to do, is to tell God about our pain, and to ask him to protect us. That's exactly what the Psalmist is doing, and it's precisely why these Psalms are so important.

Isn't it comforting to know that King David, and so many others in history have struggled through difficult things just like we have? It's also reassuring to know that God welcomes our cries to him! He stands ready to protect us and to defend us, and yes, He even vindicates us.

Perhaps each of us can recall times when we felt like someone was trying to undermine our reputation? It should comfort us to know that God welcomes our cries for help, understands our situation perfectly, and perhaps even more importantly, has experienced this pain himself.

Oh God, hear my cry. Deliver me from my enemies.

Amen.

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Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when Saul ordered his house to be watched in order to kill him.

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from those who work evil;
from the bloodthirsty save me.
3 Even now they lie in wait for my life;
the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!
5 You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Awake to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil.
Selah
6 Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
with sharp words on their lips—
for ‘Who’, they think, ‘will hear us?’
8 But you laugh at them, O Lord;
you hold all the nations in derision.
9 O my strength, I will watch for you;
for you, O God, are my fortress.
10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
11 Do not kill them, or my people may forget;
make them totter by your power, and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 consume them in wrath;
consume them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.
Selah
14 Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
15 They roam about for food,
and growl if they do not get their fill.
16 But I will sing of your might;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been a fortress for me
and a refuge on the day of my distress.
17 O my strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.

New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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