Psalm 10 ~ the innocent

Psalm 10

English Standard Version, David Cochran Audio Bible


1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."
7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked renounce God
and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?
14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
call his wickedness to account till you find none.

16 The LORD is king forever and ever;
the nations perish from his land.
17 O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.


Recently I read Ezekiel 5. I felt it was too gloomy to want to write about it. Ezekiel discovers how deep and how extensive God's judgement will be for Jerusalem. For Judah. In the 5th chapter of Ezekiel, the Lord says He has spoken several times.

So, today, I am freely writing of Psalm 10. A Psalm of oppression and seemingly unending opposition.

Why not be a blog, a person, a faith only looking at the Psalms with amazing depths of goodwill? Blessings from a Willing LORD, unending. With God all things are possible. God is a God of Love.

We look at these passages, because we do experience set backs. This Scripture is written from your Father to you. I had a friend long ago who took her spirited 2-3 year old to the pediatrician. The tests run at the doctors office had results showing an ear infection and malnutrition. Overall her son looked like a good looking boy. The pediatrician sat down next to my friend on the examining table and said, "What do you think about your son's condition? His blood tests..." Like one friend to another. My friend confessed her son wouldn't eat anything but formula and Oreo cookies. She said she wasn't going to confess this but the pediatrician was taking his time with her. The pediatrician said, if he had his choice he might live on Oreos and milk, but he'd have trouble getting to work and walking and eventually tying his shoes. The reason he didn't live on cookies and milk - really the doctor had enough grown sense to know not to do this.

So, the doctor concluded, it wasn't fun to endure the tantrums but being placed in a position of guidance, she needed to guide. She needed to let him be hungry enough to eat real food. (No, I hear you thinking it was my son, but not this time!)

The Scriptures tell us we should realize we have troubles in this life. Look Up.

O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

We believe in God. God is Love. God hears us. Jesus, our advocate says He prays for us in signs to deep for words. Not to take us out of the world. To keep us from evil.

Psalm 138

Of David.

I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
² I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
³ On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.

⁴ All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD,
for they have heard the words of your mouth,
⁵ and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
for great is the glory of the LORD.
⁶ For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
⁸ The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.

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