God assumed the role
of vengeance in this psalm.
To be and live as a righteous
person inside a society controlled by injustice is demanding.
This demanding commitment increases
as injustice increases.
Injustice is increasingly hard for
the righteous to tolerate as injustice increases in effectiveness
and visibility.
The psalmist wrote,
“God, visibly judge the injustice that surrounds us.
May the God of vengeance beam His
glorious justice.
Give the pridefully unjust exactly
what they deserve!”
“What are you waiting
for?
The wicked just gloat in their
arrogance!
They are so confident in their evil
acts!
They delight in humiliating
righteous people!”
The psalmist
continued.
These people hurt the people
devoted to You.
They kill (murder) the helpless in
their confidence that ignorant You does not care.
God, are You deaf and
blind to their acts?
(I know You are not.)
God is not deaf or blind to unjust
acts.
When the unjust are confident they
will get away with their ungodly acts, they are the fool!
God knows everything!
He knows how worthless all they are
has become!
Rarely do people
understand how complex it is (a) to punish the evil and (b) bless
the righteous at the same time.
Temporary relief is not permanent
vindication.
As Jesus once indicated destroying
the evil can uproot the righteous (Matthew 13:29, 30).
Those who invest life in defying
God and His principles will not escape God’s punishment, but not at
the price of destroying the righteous.
Things that seem simple in moments of unjust
suffering are much more complex than merely eliminating the
suffering.
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