“Blessed is he who transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile” (Psa 32:1,2).
David seems to use this word, guile, to describe his bitter adversarial experiences with Shimei. The Hebrew word (“ramah”) means to hurl or throw something with great force, hence to shout abuse or insults at someone. This was truly David’s experience at the hands of Shimei:
“When king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David… And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man” (2Sam 16:5-8; see also 2Sam19:21; 1Kings 2:8,9).
Guile is used at times in an effort to delude, betray and deceive:
“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile” (Psa 34:13).
“Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues… deceit and guile depart not from her streets” (Psa 55:9-14).
There is a clear distinction between the two words deceit and guile in Psalm 55:11.
However, the word guile is also used in the description of the personality and character of David’s greater son (Matt 22:42), though here it is known by its absence, not presence!
“For even hereunto were ye called: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled (abused verbally), reviled not again (was not abusive in return); when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him (God) that judgeth righteously” (1Pet 2:21-23).
Here is the clear link between the experience of King David and that of his greater son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the reason he will rule on the throne of his father David (Luke 1:32).
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One