David was fleeing King Saul who tried to pierce him with a spear. The king wanted David dead for jealousy. The Lord God made David successful when fighting Israel’s enemies. According to the people, the king was to fight battles for them and the Lord allowed this. However, Saul grew tired and fearful of fighting battles. David was not afraid and continued to fight every year. The Lord made him successful. So Saul was jealous and tried to kill David.
David fled Saul. First, he went to the priests of the Lord who provided food. Then David went to the king of Gath where he grew fearful because he was recognized as the one who fought against him. To escape, David pretended to be insane.
David was able to fool the king of Gath. He escaped to no man’s land. The result was this psalm of praise. Though afflicted, homeless, and saught by the king of Israel David extolled the Lord. He wrote, “Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.” No human reason exists to explain why singing boasts and praises to the Lord when life is completely miserable sprouts joy. Yet I have experienced this. Join David in praising the Lord.
