Proclamation:
“May those who delight in my vindication
shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, ‘The Lord be exalted, who
delights in the well-being of His servant.’
My tongue will proclaim Your righteousness, and Your praises all day long.” Psalm 35:27-28 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written by
King David under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. In this psalm, David ask The Lord God to
fight his battle against his enemies. (Psalm 35:1-6) They had made plans and preparations to harm David
(Psalm 35:7-8) and he wanted The Lord to deal with them. If The Lord would do this, David said that he
would thank Him publicly in front of the congregation of believers. (Psalm
35:18) He also prayed that the people of
God who were on his side would always exalt the name of The Lord. (Psalm
35:27) He said that he would also tell
others of God’s righteousness and he would praise Him all day long.
(Psalm 35:28)
Application:
Not only are there people in this world
who wish us harm, there are those who provide false witness against us, (Psalm
35:11) and those who actually plan and plot to harm us. (Psalm 35:7-8) We are encouraged to love and pray for our
enemies. (Matthew 5:44) This is not always
easy. It is much easier to pray like
David did for God to punish them and to let the evil that they had planned for
other fall upon themselves. (Psalm 35:8) We need to pray and publicly give The Lord God
thanks for protecting us from all hurt, harm and danger, and for protecting us
from the people who wish to harm us. (Psalm 35:18) We should shout for joy and be glad that we
enjoy God’s favor. (Psalm 35:27) We
should tell others of His goodness to us and we should continuously praise The
Lord. In fact, we should praise Him all
day long. (Psalm 35:28)
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