Psalm 10:12 “Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.”
[The psalmist now turns to you, Jehovah, the only true help, who will act to intervene. Perhaps you have not acted earlier because no one prayed for your help, even though you prompted them to do so. But now the writer prays and you will answer.]
Psalm 10:13 “Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, ‘He won’t call me to account’”?
[the answer: he is blind, caught in the net of delusion the enemy has set for him; he fell into this trap because he has rejected the light, the truth that God offered him. He has, like Esau, valued power, position and prosperity above what is of eternal value.]
Psalm 10:14 “But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand.The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.”
[we can commit our feeble, helpless lives to you, O Lord, for you are our defender, our shield, our high tower, our salvation. You are the One who sees the fatherless, the widow, the helpless ones and will act on their behalf.]
Psalm 10:15 “Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.”
[You, O Holy God, will act and judge evil, at the right time. Praise you for your great and powerful working! Help us to wait for your perfect timing.
As it says in Psalm 37:7-9, “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret–it leads only to evil. for those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.”
Help us to be still before you, Lord, to reject wrath and fretting, to rest in you, knowing that you will deal with evil. Help us to obey you in what we know to be right so we can be a light in your hand, shining grace and the gospel on those around us.]
