Devotional Portion: Psalms 9:13-14
Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.
David praised God as He delivered David from his enemies and heard the cry of the humble. In these verses, David is calling upon God to remember him in his season of trouble- my trouble from those who hate me.
Gates of death…Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: “The contrast between the gates of death and the gates of the New Jerusalem is very striking; let our songs be excited to the highest and most rapturous pitch by the double consideration of whence we are taken.” (Spurgeon)
That I may tell of all Your praise
David prayed for help from the Lord not just to be safe and lead a happy life, but he was ultimately looking to praise God. David was tasting God in the way God expected. There is joy in deliverance from God. He was not self-centred, rather he wanted to proclaim the great name of God.
I will rejoice in Your salvation: “It is a good thing for the melancholy to become a Christian; it is an unfortunate thing for the Christian to become melancholy. If there is any man in the world that has a right to have a bright, clear face and a flashing eye, it is the man whose sins are forgiven him, and who is saved with God’s salvation.” (Spurgeon)
Salvation brings a change from the inside out, a brand new creation.
Reflection: God brings deliverance to us not to relax and enjoy the passing fancies of this world, but it’s to praise, worship and proclaim His good name.
