King David Sang His Way to Victory


King David Sang His Way to Victory

2 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES

What’s lost on a lot of readers of the various Psalms is that they are actual songs.

When David got assaulted by his ubiquitous enemies, instead of calling a 1-800 prayer line, he sang.

Weird, eh?

Most Christians when they’re getting waylaid by the powers of darkness start whining or complaining, or they call their prayer partner, or if it’s really bad they go to a counselor and blather on about their plight for the next seven and a half Olympics. Not so with David.

David sang praises to God in the midst of his storms. Yep, when the crap was hitting the fan here in Psalm 56 David sang his way out.

I think we ought to do that, namely praise God, first and foremost, when we’re in the midst of a hellish firefight.

Here's what David wrote and sang while under a vicious attack.

Psalm 56

1-4 Take my side, God—I’m getting kicked around,

stomped on every day.
Not a day goes by
but somebody beats me up;
They make it their duty
to beat me up.
When I get really afraid
I come to you in trust.
I’m proud to praise God;
fearless now, I trust in God.
What can mere mortals do?

5-6 They don’t let up—
they smear my reputation
and huddle to plot my collapse.
They gang up,
sneak together through the alleys
To take me by surprise,
wait their chance to get me.

7 Pay them back in evil!
Get angry, God!
Down with these people!

8 You’ve kept track of my every toss and turn
through the sleepless nights,
Each tear entered in your ledger,
each ache written in your book.

9 If my enemies run away,
turn tail when I yell at them,
Then I’ll know
that God is on my side.

10-11 I’m proud to praise God,
proud to praise God.
Fearless now, I trust in God;
what can mere mortals do to me?

12-13 God, you did everything you promised,
and I’m thanking you with all my heart.
You pulled me from the brink of death,
my feet from the cliff-edge of doom.
Now I stroll at leisure with God
in the sunlit fields of life.



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