Psalm 55:1 ¶ «To the chief
Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.» Give ear to my prayer,
O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my
complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because
of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they
cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the
terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed
me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings
like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and
remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I
would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
As far as the immediate context this Psalm is most likely
referring to the traitor, Ahithophel, David’s trusted counselor, betraying him
to David’s son, Absalom, when that son rebelled against him.
2Samuel 15:12 And Absalom
sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from
Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the
people increased continually with Absalom.
David cries unto God in his outrage and pleads with God not to
turn from David’s plea. He makes an argument against those who have harmed him
and are trying to kill him. He feels isolated and alone except for God. Who can
he trust if he cannot trust his own family, his beloved son, Absalom, and his
once faithful counselor, Ahithophel? David wants to, but cannot, escape who he
is and what he must face in this hour of betrayal. We’ve had songs made about
flying away from our troubles. See what Christ quoted from the Cross, opening
up that Psalm about Him.
Psalm 22:1 ¶ «To the chief
Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.» My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my
roaring?
Matthew 27:46 And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Imagine Christ in His frail humanity offering up prayers in the
Garden of Gethsemane as the Jewish leadership and the mob they controlled
conspired to kill Him. He knew what He had to face but did not look forward to
the pain and suffering of His impending death and was reacting like any of us
would react showing us that it is not wrong to feel repulsion at the prospect
of the process of dying.
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days
of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong
crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard
in that he feared;
There may have also been times in your own life when you felt
betrayed and alone or seemed to have the whole world against you. You then
wanted to cry out in this type of eloquence.
Psalm 22:12 Many bulls have
compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with
their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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