Yesterday we were talking about two of the five different things that psalm 64 verses 2 through 6 examine. Today we'll continue with the remaining three. Remember that we are called upon to fight the Lord's battles with the Lord's weapons, not the weapons of the world. The world's weapons are money, power, influence. Our weapons are the Word of God and prayer. It is said of the warfare of the saints against Satan in Revelation, "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony” (Rev. 12:11).

As noted in the introduction, this psalm spends most of its time on the wicked who are attacking David, rather than on God. The result is that we are provided with a helpful study of this particular kind of evil. Looking carefully at verses 2-6, we find them analyzing: 1) the nature of this evil; 2) the weapons of these evil people; 3) their methods; 4) their plans; and 5) their fierce but complacent pride. We'll look at the first two of these today and the last three tomorrow.

The psalm begins by David asking God to hear his complaint. In our ears the word "complaint" has a negative sound, because we associate it with complaining and we don't like people who complain. But that is not the sense in which complaint occurs here. Here the word refers to a formal allegation, in this case against the wicked by one who is being unjustly treated by them.

The last three verses of the psalm look to the future and express David's confidence that in time his enemies will be destroyed, the mouths of those who have slandered him will be silenced, and he will again be openly praising God with others who also love and seek him.