The Lord calls the people to Himself for judgement. The first thing to learn from this psalm is that God will not remain silent. There are many times when ungodly things are going on in the world. When these are happening we can be sure that God will not remain silent forever. At some point He will act.
He calls His consecrated people for judgement.
God is calling His people to use some common sense. In OT times they had to sacrifice cattle and goats. Now it should have been obvious to them that God did not really need these things. He owns everything, moreover, He does not need to eat the animals. The sacrifices they were offering were not the problem.
So what were they to do? They were to give thanks to God, to fulfil their vows, and to call upon God in the day of trouble. Note that all three of these concern attitudes of the heart. We are to have grateful hearts, to have integrity, and to trust in the Lord. If we do these things then we will be delivered.
Conversely, the wicked can expect no deliverance. For they had evil in their hearts, and practised evil in their lives.
So the one who neglects God will suffer in the end, the one who is grateful to God will see His salvation.
Now we are this people, and we have made a covenant with God through sacrifice, the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross, rather than the sacrifice of animals. However, we need to nurture the same attitudes within our hearts of gratitude, integrity and trust.
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