It is amazing how people will twist what you said to do what they want to do, isn’t it?11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good. [The end results of this behavior?] To the spoiling of my soul. [The behavior of these people whom David trusted spoiled/or desolated his soul!] Remember folks that if this could happen to the man after God’s own heart, then it will happen to us. How we react and respond to these incidences determines what kind of Christian metal we are made of. David is experiencing betrayal. This sort of deception cuts to the very core of a person’s being.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. He was always there for them when they needed him. He followed the guidance of Gen. 37:34 “And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.” That is how he grieved and mourned for them.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. He loved these folks unconditionally, and they turned on him. But that is what God tells us to do. He never told us to attack people even when they are hateful to us.
Matthew 5:44 “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” THIS IS WHY WE DO IT.
Matthew 5:45 “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Someone asked why do I play this song so often. I am going to leave the answer to you.
You Are Not the Only One 
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