That Your beloved may be delivered,David has just finished proclaiming how wonderful God is. But now we find out why he's praising God. He's asking for protection of some sort. From the rest of the psalm, it sounds like it might be from a military invasion.
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!
I'll be honest, I don't like prayers like this, for two reasons. First, it sounds like he's trying to butter God up, to get what he wants. Whether that was the intention, we can't be sure, though it's doubtful. But it still sounds self-serving. Second, there isn't any provision in here for whether or not it's God's will that this attack occur. I'll admit that one of my pet peeves is when people pray for something, and don't leave any provision for if God's will is not that thing.
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