When You Want to Slap Someone in the Face...

2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30 NLT

A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalomin a conspiracy against you!”

“Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! Ifwe get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem willbe spared from disaster.”

David walked up the road to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His headwas covered and his feet were bare as a sign of mourning. And the people who werewith him covered their heads and wept as they climbed the hill.

Psalm 3: A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.

1 O Lord, I have so many enemies; so many are against me.

2 So many are saying, “God will never rescue him!” Interlude

3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holdsmy head high.

4 I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy mountain. Interlude

5 I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me.

6 I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies who surround me on every side.

7 Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter theteeth of the wicked!

8 Victory comes from you, O Lord. May you bless your people. Interlude