Chapter 3 of Psalms is a bit more encouraging than I found chapter 1 and 2 to be. Here King David starts by saying that the nation has turned against him. He doesn’t know how many people have revolted against him, but he trusts God to take care of him. As long as the Lord protects him, David knows he’ll be safe. Even when the man must sleep and can’t protect himself, he sleeps peacefully, knowing that God is protecting him and will destroy his enemies.
This psalm was written soon after King David had fled from Jerusalem at the news that his kingdom had chosen to make one of his older sons, Absalom, king instead of the father David. At that time, the story was a lie, but David didn’t know it. What David knew was that a messenger came saying Absalom was now king and that the son who had killed his own brother nine years earlier had left the capital with over two hundred men, probably high ranking men. What David didn’t know was that Absalom had been plotting for years to take the kingdom, but the messenger was a trick, a lie sent by Absalom and the king fell for it. The reigning king left the city with all his family and army, not knowing how many people actually sided with the revolt. The king’s elder son, with a few well known advisors, took up residence of the castle. Absalom had been slandering his father outside the court for years so, without the true king in town, the son established himself with no real trouble from the people.
With no idea who to trust, David knew that he could trust God and that God would see him safely through the ordeal.
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