Psalm 54

Again David is trapped among evil men. The description gives the setting as a time when David had been betrayed by the Ziphites. This ties in well with Psalm 52, where David has been betrayed by Doeg the Edomite. These two betrayals happened in a short period of time, and by the setting of this psalm, David is ready for God to inflict His vengeance.

Yet after three verses of calling out to God for salvation from his circumstances, by verse four David is remembering where his help comes from. He calls for a right judgment upon those who gladly would betray him in verse five. But the psalm closes with David being assured that God will not let him die here. David promises to bring a freewill offering to God after he has been delivered -- not as a bribe, but as a promise, since knows that God will do as he has asked. Once again, David is praying with incredible confidence that God's will is for him to survive and to thrive. Knowing that he has been chosen to be Israel's king is certainly a key to David's amazing confidence and faith. He knows that God has promised and that He will deliver.