Ps 31  1 In you, O LORD , I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.

Our salvation has many enemies from within and without. When we are saved we must fight a battle with our enemies. Our salvation is described as an ongoing deliverance from our enemies.From within  we face our own corruption, sin,and the curse . From without we face the cursed earth, Satan, the self righteous and the wicked. From the beginning of our salvation we enter a war.

When we were saved we were set free from our sin and the law. We were definitively sanctified, and made whole. We were set apart unto God so that He looks on us as complete in Christ. Our sin was imputed to Christ account and His righteousness was imputed to our account. We were completely accepted by God. Since our sin has not completely been eradicated we still facing the accusations that come from Satan and the enemies of God.

The Psalmist teaches that our biggest fight is not directly with Satan and the wicked. Our fight starts with experiencing shame We are no longer bound by the curse since Christ took it upon Himself in His death. Since we are identified with Christ we died to sin and the curse. If we are set free from the law, then in Christ we are no longer under the curse of shame. This is why throughout the Psalms we are taught that the shame we experience is not from God it is from the enemy.

This is very confusing to some people because the law points to our sin. If we dont make some distinctions here we will continually face the curse of shame. I did not learn how to distinguish the difference between the law pointing out my sin and my grief of experiencing shame until I meditated on the Psalms and the curse I faced in experiencing shame. We are taught throughout the Psalms that shame is the sting in the curse. The question what is the difference between contrition and shame?

Some people teach that when the law points out our sin that we should understand that Christ took our sin upon Himself so that we are forgiven. We should not let the guilt of our sin condemn us. But the Psalmist teaches that in this world our battle with shame will not just be an inward battle. Satan and the wicked will use the shame in order to destroy our faith. So we must see that we are attacked at the point of our sin and shame. So the Psalmist personifies shame as a person. The Psalmist curses those who use our sin and shame to destroy our faith.