Hostilities with the Philistines heat up to full war, and Israel is badly outnumbered. And the Israelites have been kept down so much that they are basically unarmed for war. Saul and his son's army dwindles down from 3,000 men to only 600, and Samuel doesn't show up for the important before-war sacrifice.
Even though the psalms (and our translations) may cast a verse in the present tense, the intent of the writer may be about future things. Hebrew is very fuzzy as to verb tense. But also we may consider that all times are present to the Lord, and the psalmist may see things as happening or already happening in his vision that refer to future events. We see an example of this in today’s psalm.
Every little detail of the story of Abraham is important. Note in today's reading that Abraham “figured his body was as good as dead,” and “Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life.” Then we read that we must “believe in [Christ], the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.” And we will find a new concept related to this theme of death and resurrection later.
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