As you read this Psalm you can feel the vitriol of David's enemies, the Psalm conveys the pressure that David is under. Yet in that situation facing those pressures his assurance is that it is the Lord who sustains, who protects and preserves, and it is to God that he cries for mercy.
We also see that the whispering campaign of his enemies is unfounded and that their longing is for his death. The moment of greatest despair is v9 as he recalls with broken heart how his close friend, one who shared his bread has turned against him.
But he prays Lord have mercy on me. God is to be praised because he sees he knows and he will bring about justice.
It is a startling insight into how Jesus felt as he goes to the Garden, as he is left alone and friendless, as his close friend betrays him, as he faces the whispering the lies and ultimately the justice of the Father trusting in his Father's will, plan and love.
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