“Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.” -Psalm 25:3
Enemies are ever-present in David’s life. He cannot escape them and neither can the reader of the Davidic psalms. In every case, their victory would mean great shame as it would discredit everything he believed, stood for, and lived by. David’s enemies opposed him personally and ideologically and functioned as both physical and spiritual as the former is simply the vehicle of the latter.
So what were David’s enemies opposed to? Those “who wait for [The Lord]” (cf. vss. 1-2).
The people of God don’t rely on their own strength and wisdom. They wait on The Lord. But the enemies of God are real and they are really opposed to this way of life. We encounter real enemies in our workplaces, in our communities, in the political sphere, and sometimes even in our own homes. Yet, this is also the time we must remember that our neighbor is not our enemy. Our enemies—as were David’s—are not mere mortals. They are not flesh and blood.
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” -Ephesians 6:12
And the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (2 For 10:4-6). The weapons of our warfare are Word and Sacrament (Luke 22:29-30 cf. Rev 1:6).