Jesus would say a thousand years after this psalm was penned "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man" (Luke 6:22). This psalm is the heart-cry of the person hated, excluded, insulted and rejected as evil. Psalm 54 is the person runs from the cave of a bear only to find refuge in the den of a lion. Trapped, surrounded, and unable to save him/herself from life circumstances, this person's only companionship is God.
But what companionship to have! The verse from this psalm that strikes me as interesting is the final one, where David sings praises about the deliverance of God before that deliverance happens. David is so sure of God's faithfulness to God's promises that he is thankful for what has not even happened yet. May you and I have the faith to trust God in such a way that I am thankful for what has not happened yet.
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