Daily Devotion in Psalm 10

Daily Nugget:
King David felt what others often feel, that the wicked are getting away with their sin. Sometimes it seems like God is nowhere to be found and is not helping the godly in their time of trouble (Psalm 10:1).

It appeared to David that God was not dealing with the sins of the ungodly. Their rampant iniquities included persecution of the poor, boasting, covetousness, pride, disobedience to God’s commandments, rebellion (Psalm 10:6), cursing, deception, fraud, trouble-making (Psalm 10:7), murder. They were also ignorant that God would one day deal with their wickedness (Psalm 10:13).

No matter how out of control and rampant surrounding sin is, a prayer can summon God’s intervention (Psalm 10:12). A plea from the godly may unleash the judgment and wrath of God on the evil.

God sees what they have done (Psalm 10:14), and He will be the helper of those that are weak. He will stop the attacking of the evil ones. 

“The LORD” is king no matter what is happening. He is always in charge, even though it may appear that sin and chaos prevail. However, there will be a time that ungodliness will be stopped in its sinful tracks.

Today’s Thought: 
“No sin goes without consequences. There is always a payday for sin someday.”

Words to Understand:
Contemn: to drive away, hate

Today’s Reading:
Psalm 10
1 ¶ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.