A Prayer for the Betrayed: Psalm 55-Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for the Betrayed Psalm 55 We amid all our sorrow may find rest in Jesus. Charles Spurgeon Betrayal is painful. The very nature of the word intimates that there is a relationship established that has been broken. A citizen betraying his country, a spouse betraying spouse, friend betraying friend, or child betraying parent. Trust has been broken. A deliberate act of disloyalty has violated that trust. What should be a relationship of security is now threatened by the untrustworthiness of the betrayer. David, in Psalm 55, cries to the Lord in anguish. He is restless, complaining, moaning. He wishes to fly away from the situation, to wander far into the wilderness to feel sheltered from the intensity of his sorrow. His prayers rise continuously to the Lord—“evening and morning and at noon” (55:17). And the cause of his anguish is his companion, his familiar friend, one who used to take sweet counsel together with him has dealt insolently with him and taunts him. But even in t...