The second parallelism is in the story of Jesus in both Mark and John's Gospel where Jesus is betrayed by Judas, a friend, whom he trusted. In verse 11 the psalmist tells of the mercy God grants him and the vow to repay his enemies, " as they deserve." The third part of the psalm consists of verses 12 and 13. Here the author gives his renewed vow of praise for what God has done for him and directly gives his thanks for God's not letting his enemies triumph over him. It is here that the author states that he is forever in God's presence. It is these three parts that make up the main structure of this Psalm. Also it is these three parts that tells it's readers that this is a praise psalm which is declarative. The reason this is a declarative praise psalm is because it gives a specific account of the deliverance God has granted the psalmist. The last element of this psalm is verse 14 which colloquial doesn't have anything to do with the actual story of this psalm. Verse 14 is a doxology whose origins have been debated over the years. The doxology will be carefully discussed later in the paper. After careful consideration of the structure of the psalm, I can now focus on how the psalm was used in worship.
The time period of when this psalm was written is a debated topic. Some believe that this was in fact written through many people over a period of time making many revisions. (Kraus, 431) It has even been brought up that this psalm was written during the time of Absalom's rebellion. At any rate is not hard to figure out how this psalm could have been used in worship no matter what time period it came from. As stated above there is an recurring principal theme throughout the entire psalm that God is merciful to those who remain faithful to him. Those who are faithful and willing to admit to their sins and pray for forgiveness and deliverance will in the end come out on top.