Chapter 59

2021-Like 58, the intro to this Psalm says "according to "Do Not Destroy"?  One of David's favorites?  One he wanted them to be sure and retain instead of just sing on a special occasion and then throw away?  No way to know.  This is about the night Michal convinces David to flee from Saul and she helps him to escape.  David would otherwise have died that night.  He was within hours of death when he wrote this Psalm, yet he escaped.

A prayer for deliverance.  Written when Saul's men were watching David's house.

2021 - The first two verses are a very direct prayer for protection from evil men and their designs.  David realized he couldn't "outsmart" the conspiracy against him on his own.  Either God would help him, or he would die.  He had no chance on his own.  Prepping is like that.  No matter what we do, we won't make it without God.  God should be the primary "prep".  Hmm... It is also true that David sneaked out of that house and ran for the hills.  He prayed, and then he acted.  It seems that David is always like this.  He prays because he knows he cannot outsmart so many, and then he does his level best to outsmart them, depending on God to fill the gaps.  This we've seen many times from David.

This verse is near the end of the Psalm:

16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. [Psa 59:16 ESV]

How often are we like this?  We pray earnestly for protection or release from some problem, and God answers, and takes care of us.  But we don't pray this last part.  We don't praise and thank him for the answer.  We just go on as if it was nothing.  Thanking God afterward is a big deal too.