"I love you, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies." – Psalm 18:1-3 (ESV)

The editor observed in the introduction:

"To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said …"

What is your battle?

Who is your strength?

"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies."

"The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of destruction assailed me;
the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me."

"In my distress I called upon the LORD;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears." – Psalm 18:3-6 (ESV)

In distress we call ;
In reverence we fall;
In joy, in sorrow, all …
We bring to Him and crawl
To be lifted. Enthrall …
The nations. Install …
His glory. Each wall …
Collapse. Each hall …
Be filled with wonder and praise!

"For I have kept the ways of the LORD,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight." – Psalm 18:21-24 (ESV)

Poor David had a bit of a blind side in his self assessment.

Or did he?

If God forgets my sin and separates them from me as far as the east is from the west, why should I wallow in guilt of that which is forgiven.

God sees me through different eyes than I could ever see myself.

He see the future and the present me … perfected in Christ, made complete by grace.

Only that which is Christ in me, the hope of glory, comes to His attention. He looks a my little, pitiful efforts to follow Him and calls the angels over so that He can brag about His child.

Maybe I can sing these verses in faith after all!!!!

It is all about GRACE!