Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me;
    fight against those who fight against me.
2 Take up shield and armour;
    arise and come to my aid.
3 Brandish spear and javelin
    against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
    ‘I am your salvation.’ NIVUK

‘God is willing to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.’ Andrew Murray

The directness, urgency and immediacy of David’s appeal is what arrests my attention this morning. It is a heart cry to One David knows to be greater, and able, and real. Verse 3a can read, ”Brandish spear and javelin and block the way” He asks, and expects, that God will do something. But more than that, he knows that the Lord is Someone. It is not just that He can save David, but He is David’s salvation. Tom Hale makes the point that David is appealing to the divine Warrior, asking Him to come to his aid by defeating his enemies

”What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom.8:31 NIVUK)