Psalm 3

(Psalms 3) "A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. {2} Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. {3} But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {4} I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. {5} I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. {6} I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. {7} Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. {8} Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah."

The attempted coup by Absalom, David’s son, and the flight of David before him is one of the most poignant stories in the Bible (see 2 Samuel 15:1 through chapter 18). The fear and dread of a palace coup must have been compounded by the fact that his enemy was his son. One wonders if David would have fled before anyone else, or if he would have stayed and fought.

"I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who have set themselves against me." And yet he fled Jerusalem. I expect this kind of confidence has to come through prayer and takes a little time to develop. In the end, David won but took no pleasure in it because it led to the death of Absalom.

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