This Psalm was written after David, when fleeing from Saul, came to the Philistine King Achish of Gath and pretended to be mad to stay alive (1 Samuel 21 v10-15, Abimelech was probably a title for the Philistine Kings).

David after his deliverance was full of praise to the Lord and encourages others to join him (v1-3). He then moves on to a word of testimony about how he a poor man was saved out of his troubles (v4-7). Look at verse 7, it is surely a great encouragement for the believer.

David wants others to taste and see that the Lord Is good (v8) because those who fear the Lord lack no good thing (v9-10). David Is a prophet who wants to encourage others to be right with the Lord so as to know His blessing (v11-18). We can’t just live any old way and expect the blessing of God.

It is the righteous that the Lord blesses and it is the wicked that He slays (v19-22). Being righteous doesn’t mean we’re perfect but that we’re trusting in the One true righteous one Jesus. Verse 20 is a prophesy about Jesus who wouldn’t have His bones broken (John 19 v32-36). All was planned.