“For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.” (Psalm 71:10-11)
A story from II Kings 6:8-23 illustrates the point the aged psalmist is making for all of his readers, including you and me.
Syria was engaged in battle against Israel. Benhadad, the king of Syria told his servants that in a certain place would be his camp. Elisha, the prophet of God, sent word to the king of Israel warning him not to go near that site. The king of Syria accused some of his servants of being traitors and of warning the king of Israel not to go near that place. A servant of the king of Syria said, “Your problem is not with us but with Elisha the prophet of God. The prophet knows what you say even in your bed room.”
When a detachment from Syria was sent by night to apprehend Elisha, Elisha’s servant saw them early the next morning and said, “Alas master, what shall we do?” Elisha answered the servant and said, “Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.” Elisha asked God to open the eyes of the servant. When he opened his eyes he could see that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
In this seventy-first psalm the enemies of the old psalmist fail to see the protecting hand of God about His children, the young as well as the old. Sometimes we fail to see His protection in times of trouble. However, His promise still stands true: “I will never you, nor forsake you.”
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