When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
There is no question that the Psalmist was hurting. We are kidding ourselves if we think Christians are always supposed to be happy, healthy, and prosperous. That just isn’t Bible.
The superscript for the Psalm tells us that this was a psalm of David when he was in the cave. I wonder how, in that hidden place, he could have cried out to the LORD with his voice?
He likens himself to a sheep in green pasture or a deer by a water brook in other Psalms. Here he speaks of his enemy knowing his path and laying a snare for him on it. I am reminded of how hunters research an animal’s patterns and paths and then set a stand so he can wait and kill the unsuspecting beast. The deer are doing what deer always do. However, this time he is unwittingly walking into the enemy’s sights. David felt just like that.
Except for this one caveat. David knew that the hunter wasn’t the only one who knew his path. David knew God also saw. Was he overwhelmed? Sure he was. But he kept on because he knew God would, either in this world or the next, deal bountifully with him.
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