The background to this psalm may very well be the same as in psalm 3 when King David had to flee Jerusalem because of his enemies. David, however, continues to count on the Lord’s help, confident that God will hear and answer his prayers. There were many who wondered if any good could come out of this terrible experience (v. 6). David, though, is able to rest in the knowledge that God will take care of them (v. 8). Many of Jesus’s disciples must have wondered if any good could out of the cross. But on the third day, Jesus rose again and the disciples came to understand that by his death Christ was reconciling sinners to God.
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