I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Psalms 52-59.

Every year when I read Psalm 52 I struggled with seeing meaning in it for me, for us today because I could not see past it being a condemnation of Doeg who told King Saul about the priest who unknowingly helped David when he fled from Saul.  Today I realized that I know people who boast of the wicked things they have done.  There is a genre of music which consists largely of people bragging about their wicked deeds.  The more we allow ourselves to be exposed to those who do such things the more likely we are to join in with them.  We should not be proud of the wicked things we have done, we should be ashamed.  Those who brag about the wicked things they have done demonstrate that they do not fear God, do not believe that He metes out justice.  Let us not be such fools, denying that God exists.  Instead we should trust in God and repent of our wicked acts, because, as the psalmist reminds us in the very next psalm, we have all committed wicked acts.

Most of the rest of today’s psalms remind us to call out to God when others attack us.  Even when those we thought were friends attack us, we can count on God. We can count on God when all others betray us.  When fear overwhelms us, let us call out to God and remember that His power will overwhelm anything which threatens us.  God will take care of us, and if we put our trust in Him He will soothe out fears.  Even if our enemies are those who control the levers of worldly power, God will force them to acknowledge justice at the time of His choosing.  Whatever you face in this life, put aside your fear and put your trust in the Lord.