#19. 2018 Dev. Ps.35:10. Injustice! Read all of Ps. 35. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 35:10 “My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
This is one of two prayers in this short group of Psalms. David is praying to God to intervene into his life; it is a strong and strident request indicating the depth of his struggle at this time of his life. It is not so much economic injustice or unethical political attacks but deeply personal and physiological attacks.
It may be hard to identify with David’s situation, he was a man of status, great strength and ability and yet he was completely dependent on God. David’s experience here mirrors Jesus’ unjust suffering. Christ is the extreme example of being unjustly accused and executed, every supplication of David could be and was Christ’s prayer to the Father in whom Christ, the Son of God, put His complete trust.
How will this prayer effect our lives today? Certainly, we all have experienced some of what David went through at one time or another but If we are not experiencing some of what David prays about, we will at some time. It is part of life in this broken world. Like David we need to be completely dependent on God, sometimes we also say “Where are you God? I have no reprieve, you are silent.” At those times we hold on to our faith, on to our hope and onto our conviction that God loves us and has called us to serve Him, even during such a time.
The second question is; what can we do to help someone who is struggling? Often God uses people to correct injustice. We wait for God, and God is working; someone is praying for you, someone takes time to encourage you, something unexpected happens to build you up. It all is a God thing!
On what side of David’s experience are you? Are you suffering at this moment; verses 11-26? Or are you rejoicing, verse 27 “May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The Lord be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.” Never tire of doing good to others, God is working.
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