1. Lord, Do Something! (vv. 1-5). The silence of God indicated that the Lord was not answering prayer and working on David’s behalf (28:1; 35:22-24; 50:3; 83:1). Often we cry out to Him but nothing seems to happen. David reminded the Lord that he did not pray only when he needed help, for he praised the Lord often and thanked Him for His mercies (“God of my praise”; see v. 30; 22:25; Deut. 10:21; Jer. 17:14). In fact, in the Hebrew text, “O God of my praise” opens the psalm. God was silent, but the enemy was vocal, speaking hateful, lying words and accusing David of crimes he had never committed. The word translated “adversaries” or “accusers” (vv. 4, 6, 20, 29) gives us the English word “Satan,” one of the names of the Devil (see 38:20; 71:13; Job 1-2; Zech. 3). Satan is the accuser (Rev. 12:10) and the adversary of believers (1 Peter 5:8), and he uses people to accomplish this work. Like our Savior who was falsely accused, David was innocent of the charges (v. 3; 35:7, 19-20; 69:4; Jer. 18:18; 20:10). God’s people return good for evil, most people return good for good and evil for evil, but Satan’s crowd returns evil for good (v. 5; 35:12; 38:20; Jer. 18:20). David responded to God’s silence and to the enemy’s attacks by praying to the Lord. His faith did not waver.