{"id":19589,"date":"2020-12-26T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/?p=19589"},"modified":"2020-12-26T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:33:45","slug":"reflection-on-psalm-592","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/reflection-on-psalm-592\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection on Psalm 59:2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cDeliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

David wrote this psalm when Saul guarded the house to kill him. \u201cSaul sent messengers to David\u2019s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David\u2019s wife, told him, saying, \u2018If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.\u2019 So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped. And Michal took an idol and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats\u2019 hair for his head, and covered it with clothes. So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, \u2018He is sick.\u2019 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, \u2018Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.\u2019 And when the messengers had come in, there was the idol in the bed, with a cover of goats\u2019 hair for his head\u2026 So David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. Now it was told Saul, saying, \u2018Take note, David is at Naioth in Ramah!\u2019 Then Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Saul had a murderous intent, and God\u2019s grace had already departed from him. He sent messengers again the second and third time, and they prophesied also. They did not bring David. Finally, Saul went there himself, and he prophesied likewise. However, God humbled him, and he lay down naked all that day and all that night, much to his shame. David now fled from Naioth in Ramah.<\/p>\n

Secular or ecclesiastical authorities may be likened to Saul. God entrusted them with power, or allowed them to be in power, but they act contrary to justice. They abuse their power to kill the righteous \u2013 martyrs for God and God\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n

To some extent, America has found itself in such a situation before Christmas. And not only America, but also the whole Christian world and the whole world in general. We are faced with a depopulation plan, which involves so-called testing, vaccination, chipping, and finally death and the lake of fire. So not only when we recite the word of life seven times a day, but more often can we pray in our thoughts from the bottom of our heart: \u201cDeliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.\u201d<\/em> And God will deliver us by His Spirit as He delivered David from the bloodthirsty Saul and just as He also delivered the Child Jesus from the power-hungry Herod.<\/p>\n

The Psalm continues: \u201cFor look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty gather against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord. They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine. Awake to help me, and behold!\u201d<\/em> (v.3-4) \u201cFor the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.\u201d<\/em> (v.12) \u201cBut I will sing of Your power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; for You have been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.\u201d<\/em> (v.16)<\/p>\n

At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, who is not only a defenceless child, but also Almighty God! On the day of Christ\u2019s birth, the angels declared great joy to the shepherds, and to all people of good will: \u201cThere is born to you this day a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.\u201d<\/em> The traditional Christmas greeting says: \u201cChrist is born!\u201d<\/em> Let us open our hearts to Him through repentance, that He may be born anew in our souls.<\/p>\n

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Download: Reflection on Psalm 59:2<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate (BCP) is a community of monks, priests and bishops living in monasteries. The BCP is headed by Patriarch Elijah with two Secretary Bishops, +Timothy and +Methodius. The BCP arose from the need to defend the fundamental Christian truths against heresies and apostasy. It does not recognize pseudo Pope Bergoglio and is not subordinate to him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cDeliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.\u201d David wrote this psalm when Saul guarded the house to kill him. \u201cSaul sent messengers to David\u2019s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David\u2019s wife, told him, saying, \u2018If you do not save your life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19593,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19589\/revisions\/19593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}