Dealing with the Wound of Betrayal

       Unlike Psalms 52 and 54, there is nothing in the superscription of Psalm 55 that hints of the exact historical context of this Maschil.  That David has been recently betrayed is unmistakable: “my heart is severely pained within me…horror has overwhelmed me…it is…

The Bad and Good News about Betrayal

       From the time of his youthful conquest of Goliath until his death as king about fifty years later, David’s life was associated in some way with the highest levels of Israel’s government.  His initial association was in serving in King Saul’s court as…