Today we hear the slow escalation of David's problems stemming from Saul's jealousy. Saul made David his son-in-law, but only with the hope that David would be killed by the Philistines. For only the first time in today's reading, we hear how Saul is humbled because of the result of acting on his jealousy. But he doesn't learn from it.
This psalm starts out like the prayer of anyone in distress and trouble calling out to God. As we read further, many see parallels with what our Savior would have prayed in his darkest days on earth.
The second key to being released from the power of sin is God's Spirit! Paul then launches into an exposition of what he meant in verse 5: “When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.” This explanation should not be construed to negate what he said in verse 6 and in the preceding chapters!
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