The psalmist continues his closing appeal. He desires that his supplication would come before the Lord. This is not a casual request. It is urgent and personal. He is surrounded by pressure and persecution. He needs God’s deliverance. He needs God’s grace. He does not ask for rescue based on personal worth, but according to what God has spoken. The ground of his confidence is the faithfulness of God. Calvin writes, “I have no doubt that, in commending his life in general terms to the protection of God, he thought again and again how he was shut up on every side by innumerable deaths, from which he could not escape if God did not prove his continual deliverer. But this is an inestimable comfort to us, that God assures us that in all dangers he will be ready and prepared to help us.” The psalmist knows his vulnerability. He feels the nearness of danger. Yet he also knows the nearness of God. So he brings his plea forward and entrusts himself to the Lord who delivers. We must do the same. In every threat, in every trial, we come before him, confident that the God who has spoken will act in accordance with his word.
