Psalm 55
In Psalm 55 David has been betrayed by someone that he believed was his friend. Verse 13 states, “But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.” Therefore David is understandably distraught because of the backstabbing by his friend and the difficult situation he finds himself as a result.
What I would like to bring out of this chapter is David’s emotional anguish over the situation he had to deal with. David stated that he was mourning in his complaint, that his heart was sore pained, and that horror hath overwhelmed him among other things. David knew what it was to be under pressure and he knew what it was like to have to deal with the emotional drain that his work carried with it.
What I find interesting though is that David did not keep
from God his emotional experiences. David does not let his emotions overtake
him and cause him to do something foolish, but he does express vividly what he
feels inside and God does not rebuke him for it. Remember that Christ also
expressed his emotional distress to His father in the
Here is the lesson to be taught. David would have never learned how to become the best kind of judge of people’s character if he had not experienced pain about a wrong assumption (the betrayal by a friend) and then learned from the situation. Furthermore, David learned what it meant to be a real friend and how true friends treat each other. There is always a purpose in everything that God sends our way, whether we are willing to learn from those experiences fall on our shoulders. Hopefully, we learn from all that God has to offer to us: both the pleasant and the ugly.