Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 31:4 (King James Version)

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

In this Psalm, King David declares his trust in God. He asks God for help in many common situations. This verse (the poetic rendition from the King James Version) asks God to pull David out of a net that others have secretly laid in David’s path.

Such traps are common in life. Folks love to see other folks stumble, twist, fall, and vainly try to wriggle out of predicaments. Why? We are an odd lot prone to devious acts of glee.

Please God, pull me out of the predicaments that others put in my way. Sometimes others create these on purpose. Sometimes, well, these things just happen in life on earth. Still, I am stuck and every step only pulls my shoes from my feet to be lost in the mire.

On you, oh God, I depend. There is no better one to depend. Thank you, God.