Psalm 55

The reading from the Psalms in my devotions today is a song David writes when he is reeling from being let down and betrayed by a close friend, and is physically and emotionally just wrecked, and tells God that he would rather fly away and be free from all of the enemies and bloodshed surrounding him. But even though whoever he is talking about has betrayed him and is manipulating others, pretending to be charming and kind but hiding malice and ugly things inside of him, David recognizes that those people aren’t free from God’s judgement, and knows exactly what is going to happen to them if they continue.

Eventually, the psalm gets to this phrase:

“But as for me, I trust in You.”

I remembered that “but” is used when you want contrast something you said or earlier, and I felt drawn to what that word meant, and I looked it up, and one of the first definitions is this: used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated. So, even though David knew the consequences of the sin of the wicked, he was totally convinced that he could trust in God and let go of anxiety and sadness and betrayal and anger at his enemies. David knew that only good things would come from trusting in God, with everything, even if it was really hard and it would probably feel better or more productive to stew over it all and allow all of it to physically crush and overwhelm him.

Instead, all David says is:

“But as for me, I trust in You.”

I felt like someone else also needed to hear this and know that every anxiety and pain Jesus took away, and that was enough, that He took care of it for us.