Nothing but Psalms today. No story, just song.
David’s psalm of thanksgiving
2 Samuel 22:1-51
David’s song of victory
Psalm 18
He thanks God for victory
Psalm 144
David declares that when his enemies beat him down, he turned to God. God came in his terrible power and rescued him, and put him “into a spacious place,” because, so he claims, he was innocent and righteous. There’s something simple and direct about David, which hasn’t changed since he was a shepherd boy. He’s got a very straightforward belief in his own innocence and goodness, that is not shaken despite the strength of those who stand against him. This is how David understands himself to be a man after God’s own heart.
He also has an unshakeable trust in God. He knows that next to God he is nothing - he’s not falling for the old delusion that he’s earned a favour or two from God by being a good boy. In Psalm 144 he says, “O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.” (4,5) He knows he owes God everything.
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