We read in verse 2 “the wicked.”
Again in verse 3 “the wicked.”
And again in verse 4 “the wicked.”
And we read in verse 5, “His ways are always grievous.” Whose ways? The wicked!
In the theological word book of the Old Testament it says of the wicked that they were guilty of violating the social rights of others. They were violent, oppressive, and greedy. The goal of the wicked is always personal gain. Their ways are always grievous.
As you read Psalm 10 it is clear that the wicked were causing much grief in the lives of the righteous. But David didn’t want the righteous to become so full of despair so as to forsake God (verse 16). The Lord is King forever so as long as God is King, all’s well that ends well.
Halford E. Luccok writes in Unfinished Business.
One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded, as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be flooded, all improvements and repairs in the whole town were stopped. What was the use of painting a house if it were to be covered with water in six months? Why repair anything when the whole village was to be wiped out? So, week by week, the whole town became more and more bedraggled, more gone to seed, more woebegone. Then he added by way of explanation: "Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present."
David understood this and so he encouraged the people to have faith (in God) for the future, and so should we.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Don’t let the wicked ones get you down. God will ultimately prevail.
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