The Weight of Betrayal

Reading in Psalm 55, the Bible doesn’t say it, but I have no doubt that David was writing about Ahithophel (his counselor and friend), who betrayed him and turned David’s own son against him. 

It’s easy to want to hate Ahithophel until you dig deeper into the story. It is arguable (and I try to show this in the book) that there was no one who lost more as a result of David’s sin, than Ahithophel. 

Nevertheless, God says vengeance belongs to Him. When his plans finally failed, consumed by his desire for revenge, hatred, and likely no small amount of regret,  Ahithophel took his own life. 

Takeaway: give it to God. David ends Psalm 55 with “Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. But You, oh God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days, But I will trust in you.”