The Psalms teach us about how to deal with the wicked and the wickedness of this world. If you really sing and pray these psalms, they will reframe your perspective, enhance your paradigm, give you the wisdom to deal with the folly and wickedness of this world. The psalm before us is no exception; indeed, it yet another excellent example of the power of Scripture to transform us into the image of God's Son. In this psalm, the King — one of the offices of the Son of God — praises Yahweh for His judgments on the wicked. If you can learn to pray and sing this psalm, you will learn not only to think as Jesus Christ thinks but also to pray like He prays and to praise like He praises. You will be further conformed to the image of Christ if you let this psalm sink into your bones and teach you how to trust the God who saves. The needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever! That is a promise from God Himself, and when you believe it, then you will truly know the taste of hope. Notice also the context. We saw last week that man is an officer in Yahweh's kingdom, crowned with dominion. Yet this psalm turns around and, like the next five, highlights man's vileness. This one who is supposed to be so great through His relationship with Yahweh is actually so vile that God has to blot out entire nations to teach us the lesson that we are mere men. That is the conclusion of Psalm 9, and it is a good conclusion. How excellent is Yahweh's name, as Ps 8 said! But man's name is mud just as his body is dust. The nations need to remember that, and thanks to the judgments of God, they will — and we will keep asking for them to do so.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
