Psa 56:6 | KingComments | STEP | Trust in God does not make us blind to the people who fight and attack us or the methods they use. Their enmity manifests itself primarily in words. David’s enemies “all day long” – this connects to – “distort” his words ( ). They mutilate his words, literally, they ”hurt” his words. One of the meanest weapons of the enemy is to distort someone’s words. In doing so, the whole person is rendered implausible. It is the violation of a person’s integrity. We too must be careful not to use this weapon. We can easily fall into the same error, especially when it comes to profound disagreements. The Lord Jesus experienced this during His life on earth ( ; ). God experiences this daily, for example, through the lie of the so-called theistic theory of evolution. God has said that He created the earth in six days ( ; ). Man distorts His words in such a way that He used many millions of years. What a disgrace this is to Him! The thoughts of the enemy, “all their thoughts”, are always for the worse for the believers. Never does he seek good for them. He may formulate his thoughts pleasantly and well, but he is out to damage and eliminate the believer in his testimony for God and His Christ. The enemies of David, of the believing remnant, and of us as well, are having gatherings to deliberate how best to proceed to eliminate the believer ( ). It is a renewed attack that has made a renewed confidence necessary. They do not come at him one by one, but join forces. The next action is for them to hide in an ambush. There they watch his footsteps. He is constantly watched. If he does anything wrong, he is finished, for they lurk for his life. David, after suffering so much injustice, cries out to God; surely they will not go free, will they ( )? In line with God’s assessment of all this injustice, he asks God to “put down the peoples” in anger. The many combatants constitute such a large number that David speaks of “peoples”. Again, we see that he is not asking for permission and help to deal with his enemies himself, but whether God will deal with them.

‏ Psalms 56:6

Complaint

Trust in God does not make us blind to the people who fight and attack us or the methods they use. Their enmity manifests itself primarily in words. David’s enemies “all day long” – this connects to Psa 56:2 – “distort” his words (Psa 56:5). They mutilate his words, literally, they ”hurt” his words.

One of the meanest weapons of the enemy is to distort someone’s words. In doing so, the whole person is rendered implausible. It is the violation of a person’s integrity. We too must be careful not to use this weapon. We can easily fall into the same error, especially when it comes to profound disagreements.

The Lord Jesus experienced this during His life on earth (Jn 2:19-21; Mt 27:39-40). God experiences this daily, for example, through the lie of the so-called theistic theory of evolution. God has said that He created the earth in six days (Gen 1:31 ; Gen 2:1-2; Exo 20:11). Man distorts His words in such a way that He used many millions of years. What a disgrace this is to Him!

The thoughts of the enemy, “all their thoughts”, are always for the worse for the believers. Never does he seek good for them. He may formulate his thoughts pleasantly and well, but he is out to damage and eliminate the believer in his testimony for God and His Christ.

The enemies of David, of the believing remnant, and of us as well, are having gatherings to deliberate how best to proceed to eliminate the believer (Psa 56:6). It is a renewed attack that has made a renewed confidence necessary.

They do not come at him one by one, but join forces. The next action is for them to hide in an ambush. There they watch his footsteps. He is constantly watched. If he does anything wrong, he is finished, for they lurk for his life.

David, after suffering so much injustice, cries out to God; surely they will not go free, will they (Psa 56:7)? In line with God’s assessment of all this injustice, he asks God to “put down the peoples” in anger. The many combatants constitute such a large number that David speaks of “peoples”. Again, we see that he is not asking for permission and help to deal with his enemies himself, but whether God will deal with them.