August 4, 2025

Betrayal is one of the deepest emotional pains that I have ever felt, and is the hardest to get over. It’s pain cuts deep into the heart, especially when you think you have a friend and find out it was just a façade; everything you told that “friend” comes rushing back to you with regret. It is thought that David wrote Psalms 55 when he was running from Absalom, finding out that his friend and confidant, Ahithophel, had been part of the plot to overtake his throne. 

It is in this psalm that we find out that David prayed three times a day, morning, noon, and night. He opened up to God, and God rewarded him with peace in his situation. However, David didn’t pray for his enemies to be delivered from evil; he prayed that their days would be cut short and would go down quickly into hell. If you’ve ever been betrayed, you can get behind a prayer like that and understand why David prayed this way. Should we pray against our enemies this way? Is that how Jesus prayed when he was betrayed? No. He prayed that the Father would forgive them because they didn’t know what they were doing. However, we are not Jesus, but we do carry the Holy Spirit, so we should listen to him and feel sorry for those who come against us. Ultimately, they will regret their actions one day. 

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalms 55:22