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November 9: The pain of betrayal and how to overcome it.

Psalm 55:12-23:
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; then I could hide from him. But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in the throng. Let death seize them; let them go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice. He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me. God will hear, and afflict them, even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change, therefore they do not fear God. He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken his covenant. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in You.


Below the title of this psalm there is a description saying that the type of song is called Maskil (Maschil). According to theologians, this is a kind of song to ponder. Personally, I think it is a song with a melancholic melody style because usually when we read the psalms marked as Maskil (Maschil) we see that it is a song where the psalmist was going through a moment of despair. And is not for less. In these verses that I just read, we can see the hard time that the psalmist was going through. He was being attacked from side to side by his enemies; but they were not just any enemy. The psalmist declares that the one who was attacking him was his friend.
David described what his relationship with that friend was like. It was a very close and intimate relationship. This character shared his ideas and plans with David. We can also assume that he accompanied David to the house of God and advised him on the task David did in establishing and restoring the worship of God in Israel and Judah.
It is not known exactly who this person was but according to the story of king David, one of his great advisers named Ahithophel betrayed him, supporting the putsch (coup d'etat) that his son Absalom had planned against his own father.
Ahithophel was viewed with great importance in the kingdom, and David trusted him blindly. When Ahithophel opened his mouth, everyone listened as if they were hearing the same voice of God. He was a very wise man.
We even see that David's son Absalom received David's forgiveness when he killed one of his brothers and was allowed to return to Jerusalem. Absalom won the favor of the people, and while he deceived his father by making him see that he was submitting to his authority, on the other hand he was growing stronger by speaking ill of his father and increasing his influence and fame.
Both Ahithophel and Absalom gained the king's trust, worshiped along with him, and were at the royal table advising the king.

When David was betrayed, he was devastated, then angry and even afraid. However, David always had full confidence in the Lord. Let's look at the actions he took to overcome that betrayal:
First, he was sure that if he cried out to God in the morning, in the afternoon and at night, the Lord would hear him.
Second, he counsels us to cast the entire burden on the LORD, and He will sustain us. Why? Because God will not let the righteous down forever.
That's how it is! David had already experienced falls many times, but in...