November 22
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HELP ME AND SAVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR MERCY
Help me, LORD my God; Save me according to Your mercy.
27 And may they know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
28 They will curse, but You bless; When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your servant will be glad. 29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And may they cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD;
And I will praise Him in the midst of many.
31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul. – Psalm 109:26-31
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According to a commentary on this psalm, in verse 26, David’s plea was straightforward and simple. Like the woman of Canaan with the demon-possessed daughter (Matthew 15:21-25), he asked God for help. As in verse 21, he asked for it on the basis of God’s mercy, not his own merit. It was very important to David that his enemies and all who looked on him knew that his rescue was from God’s hand; the LORD had done it. He didn’t want deliverance only for his own sake, but also for the glory of God. What a servant David was! He is loyal to credit everything to his Master and Lord. He never wants to be praised; instead, he points to God, the Almighty. Spurgeon says that “Ungodly men will not see God’s hand in anything if they can help it, and when they see good men delivered into their power they become more confirmed than ever in their atheism; but all in good time God will arise and so effectually punish their malice and rescue the object of their spite that they will be compelled to say like the Egyptian magicians, ‘this is the finger of God.’”
David understood that the curses of his enemies could never triumph over the blessings of God in his life. This would make David rejoice and his enemies be clothed with shame, wearing their disgrace as if it were a mantle. Maclaren says “The psalm began with addressing ‘the God of my praise’; it ends with the confidence and the vow that the singer will yet praise Him. It painted an adversary standing at the right hand of the wicked to condemn him; it ends with the assurance that Jehovah stands at the right hand of His afflicted servant, as his advocate to protect him.”
What a heart David has; constantly seeking God because he loves his Lord so much.
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REFLECTION
• How can we develop a heart that seeks out for God’s plan to be done in our lives?