Psalms 64:1-10 NLT O God, listen to my complaint. Protect my life from my enemies’ threats. Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers. They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly. They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask. As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning. But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does. The godly will rejoice in the Lord and find shelter in him. And those who do what is right will praise him.
THE HOPE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
What is the difference between the righteous and the wicked? Is it simply that the righteous generally do the right thing while the wicked do not? While that is partially true, it’s not the full story. The primary difference between the righteous and the wicked relates to their understanding of God as a just judge. The righteous believe that God is just and that He will hold all people accountable for what they do. They live in a healthy fear of God. The wicked do not believe that God sees what they do, or that He cares.
In Psalm 64 David complains about his enemies.
Psalms 64:5 NLT They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask.
These enemies work together to slander David to try to bring him down. They are not restrained by any sense that God will judge them for their actions. However, David knows better. In a profound statement of faith in God, David declares that his enemies will be judged for their actions.
Psalms 64:7-8 NLT But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
There is beautiful symmetry in God’s judgment. David’s enemies slandered him and used their words like arrows in order to bring about his destruction.
Psalms 64:3-4 NLT They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
But the reality is;
Psalms 64:7-8 NLT But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
Like a boomerang, the attacks of the enemy will bounce off David and rebound upon themselves. God’s justice will lead people to both proclaim the glory of God and ponder what He has accomplished.
Psalms 64:9 NLT Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does.
David’s hope in a just God is our hope as well. While in this life the wicked may seem to get away with evil, we know that ultimately justice will be done.
THE HOPE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
What is the difference between the righteous and the wicked? Is it simply that the righteous generally do the right thing while the wicked do not? While that is partially true, it’s not the full story. The primary difference between the righteous and the wicked relates to their understanding of God as a just judge. The righteous believe that God is just and that He will hold all people accountable for what they do. They live in a healthy fear of God. The wicked do not believe that God sees what they do, or that He cares.
In Psalm 64 David complains about his enemies.
Psalms 64:5 NLT They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask.
These enemies work together to slander David to try to bring him down. They are not restrained by any sense that God will judge them for their actions. However, David knows better. In a profound statement of faith in God, David declares that his enemies will be judged for their actions.
Psalms 64:7-8 NLT But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
There is beautiful symmetry in God’s judgment. David’s enemies slandered him and used their words like arrows in order to bring about his destruction.
Psalms 64:3-4 NLT They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
But the reality is;
Psalms 64:7-8 NLT But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
Like a boomerang, the attacks of the enemy will bounce off David and rebound upon themselves. God’s justice will lead people to both proclaim the glory of God and ponder what He has accomplished.
Psalms 64:9 NLT Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does.
David’s hope in a just God is our hope as well. While in this life the wicked may seem to get away with evil, we know that ultimately justice will be done.
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