Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Contemplation of David when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, "Is David not hiding with us?"
1 Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them.
Selah
4 Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who uphold my life.
5 He will repay my enemies for their evil.
Cut them off in Your truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7 For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.—Psalm 54
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.—Psalm 55 Amp
We find David here in this Psalm taking refuge from Saul by hiding among the Ziphites. Hoping probably to gain favor with Saul, the Ziphites reveal David’s position and betray him. The low point of this Psalm for David, however, is actually its high point because David then turns to His God for help. His eyes look up instead of outward to man.
“Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life”
David then goes on to pray a prayer of thanksgiving for his deliverance by God before it even has occurred. It has always been hard for me to pray this way. It seems presumptuous. In reality, however, it is truly a picture of bold and unwavering trust…Something that I want fervently in my own life.
Here is the thing that I need to remember. As a believer in Jesus, I CAN pray this way. Jesus, by His death on the cross, has already conquered my greatest and most formidable enemy. The only enemy that can really hurt me because he can keep my soul eternally in hell is Satan and the sting of death.
55 "O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.—1 Corinthians 15:55-58
I have been set free. When I get to heaven, my own eyes will look, as David’s do here in verse 7, in triumph on my enemies.
For God is my defense.
10 My God of mercy shall come to meet me;
God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.—Psalm 59
34 Wait on the LORD,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.—Psalm 37
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.—Psalm 55
Cast your burden on the LORD [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail)—Psalm 55
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
20 The LORD preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.—Psalm 145
