This psalm was penned by David, a man who was not lacking when it came to enemies.  His own father-in-law, King Saul, turned his life into that of a fugitive.  On two different occasions, the king tried to nail David to the wall with a javelin!  David’s son, Absalom, rebelled against his father, seeking to take the throne, putting David’s life on the run once again.  How easy it would have been for David to become paralyzed by fear.  This is why he prayed, “Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.”  Notice, he did not pray to be preserved from the enemy but from “fear of the enemy.”  Satan loves to use fear in our lives to cripple us spiritually.  It is not God who gives us a spirit of fear but it is our adversary, the devil.  Are you living in fear at this moment?  Make this your prayer today–“O God, preserve my life from fear of the enemy.”  Declare with Isaiah, “I will trust and not be afraid” (Isaiah 12:2).