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Psalms 10 — Why Standest Thou Afar Off, O Lord?
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Arise, O Lord; lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
“Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:”
— Psalm 10:17
- v.1-11 The wicked's seeming success
- v.12-18 God's response
Prepare their heart. God shapes the very desires He hears. The humble have help even at the planning stage of prayer.
A grace deep in the prayer life. The Spirit prepares the heart; the Father hears the prepared cry.
Verse 4 examines you. How often does God appear in your daily thoughts? If rarely, the chapter's diagnosis applies. The cure is the discipline of God-thoughts woven into the day.
Christ is the King forever (v.16). The wicked's day under Him is numbered; the humble's prayer reaches His ear.
God is not in all his thoughts. The atheism of the heart. The wicked operates as if God did not exist; pride blocks the seeking.
A diagnosis. Where God is not in the daily mental traffic, the heart is in the wicked's posture.