In this story, King Saul goes after David again, and the Ziphites go and tell Saul where he is again. They also told him in chapter 23, and we covered Psalm 54 with that lesson. This time David found them first. David sent scouts to find out where Saul was, and he was in the center of the camp with his 6,000 men around him. That night, David and Abishai snuck into the camp to Saul. Abishai wanted to kill Saul, but David would not let him hurt the Lord's anointed. They did take his spear and water bottle which were located by Saul's head. Verse 12 tells us that the camp was sleeping so soundly because "the Lord had put them into a deep sleep." Once they were a great distance away, David called out to Abner, Saul's commander, and asked him why he did such a horrible job at protecting the king? Abner asked who is this, but Saul knew. Saul said, "Is that your voice, David, my son?" Now everyone there knew David was not Saul's son, nor was he Saul's son-in-law any more, he was Saul's enemy, but not because of David, but due to Saul's jealousy. David asked what he had done to deserve this? Saul admitted he had sinned, and then the NIV version reads, Saul said, "Because you considered my life precious today, I will not TRY to harm you again." David was wise enough not to go back to Saul, but David told them to send a young man to come and fetch Saul's spear. Once he got it they parted ways never to meet again.
Psalm 70 is an imprecatory Psalm, crying out to the Lord to fight his enemies. David asked the Lord to save him and help him. Then he prayed that the Lord would send shame, confusion and disgrace to those who were after him. Then David gave a bit of praise, because those who seek the Lord can rejoice, be glad, and they can always say, "Let God be exalted!" David ends with a call to the Lord to come quickly and not delay.
