For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
Strangers with no cause to hate him came against David, but worse, they were strangers to God Himself. What right have such men to meddle? Saul was the arch-persecutor, and he stamped his image on all who followed; they sought David's blood with cruel, unrelenting malice because they had cast God entirely from their minds. Atheism lay at the root of their enmity, and good men are hunted for God's sake alone.
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God's Name means His merciful nature revealed; His might is that power executing justice. The Ziphites, though Judeans, became strangers by taking Saul's side against one God had already manifestly acknowledged. Any Israelite fearing God more than man could never serve such blind fury.
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Commenting on Psalm 54:1-3
David was trapped, betrayed by the Ziphites, facing what looked like certain death in that cave. Yet see his faith: he calls upon God's name and power when all human help is gone. This teaches us never to despair, no matter how impossible our straits appear.
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Commenting on Psalm 54:1-7