Psalm 3

I only needed a minute to read the first psalm, in the sequence of the book, attributed to David. When he wrote this he had been king for years. He had comitted audultry and the consequences of his attempts to keep the sins secret play out in ways he had never anticipated. He must have also realized that those he had sought would develop a faith like his; Absalom and some of his other sons, completely missed that part of David's life. Somehow they missed his daily surrender to God. They looked past the king's willingness to be foolish before God, to grovel in the presence of the All Mighty. Absalom must not have understood the freedom a heart receives when sins are confessed to God, and sacrifices offered with repentance. Absalom must not have understood the real source of David's strength; "Real help comes from God."
Stuart