The Psalmist knows that the Lord is the one who brings justice, He is the One who ultimately puts wrongs right. Yet now he sees the wicked flourishing. So he calls on God to do something about it. There are times in all our lives when there is some attribute of God's character that we know to be true, yet the circumstances seem to show that He is doing nothing about it when His character says that He should be doing something. We may see injustice as the Psalmists did here, or we may see suffering.
The proud and wicked were full of arrogance and boasting, denouncing God, crushing God's people and oppressing the poor.
Then the Psalmist addresses the evildoers. They are the ones who are actually senseless. The Psalmist is convinced that God will act.
Those who learn from the Lord are truly wise, those who are disciplined by the Lord. The Lord is the One who makes the final judgement, and this judgement is based on righteousness.
Then the Psalmist recalls his own testimony. He was in great difficulty, but the Lord rose up on His behalf. Notice that he felt as if he was slipping, as if he was about to fall, and there was anxiety within him. Yet the Lord brought him joy.
In the midst of difficulties he could have chosen to give up on God, instead he chose to make the Lord his refuge. He chose to live by faith, knowing that in the end the Lord would bring salvation and justice.
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