David is more specific about his problems in verses 4 and 5. Everyone has others that hate them without reason. As time moves closer to the end of the age, hearts are growing colder and colder. Hate is being expressed in ways seldom seen in generations past. Reason is not needed for many attackers in this generation. David experienced such hate. Those who hated him without reason outnumbered the hairs of his head. Such cold hearts are poised for violence. David prayed, but their death chants only grew louder.
David’s enemies, once silent, see his vulnerability, isolation, and their new strength in numbers as time to force him to restore what he did not steal. They steal in the name of false justice, using twisted courts run by bribes and winking eyes. The law that was meant to protect the helpless, innocent, and poor is used to further enrich and empower endless greed. David prayed, but wicked ways grew. The defender of orphans and widows is left defenseless.
Is this not what happened to Jesus? Is this not what happened to the Apostles? Is this not what happened to like the prophets? Is this not what happened to Job whose wife deserted him and friends accused him?
