Complaint against wicked oppression, vv1-7 Chastisement against those ignorant of omniscient God, vv8-11 Confession of the LORD's care for His people, vv12-15 Cry to the LORD for help, v16 Comfort in dependence upon the LORD, vv17-19 Confounded by wicked religionists, vv20-21 Confident assurance in the LORD's justice, vv22-23
OBSERVATIONS IN CHRIST
An Imprecatory Psalm
IMPRECA'TION, n. [L. imprecatio.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil on any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one. (Webster's Dictionary of American English, 1828) [compare vv1-2, an imprecation, with v23, a declaration of God's judgment]
Historical: - 1. Israel had many enemies throughout its history. - 2. Israel & Judah possessed unrighteous kings (v4). - 3. False prophets & wicked priests arose (v20).
Prophetic: - 1. Foreshadows God's grace through Christ (vv12-15) - 2. Foretells of the religionists of Jesus' day (vv6, 20) - 3. Foretells Christ's murder (vv20-21)
Practical: - 1. We were wicked; yet, now saved from God's wrath (vv1-2) - 2. We live in a corrupt world until Christ returns (vv3-7) - 3. There is still ignorance among unbelievers as well as professing believers concerning the omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, etc. of God (vv8-11) - 4. We must ever lean upon God's grace in, by, & through our Lord Jesus Christ (vv12-19) - 5. There are individuals & assemblies who will pervert the law of God, the Word of Christ, & the work of the Holy Spirit (vv20-21) - 6. Never forget the Rock who has saved you (v22) - 7. Vengeance is God's & He will repay (v23)
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Jon Cardwell was saved by God’s grace on June 3, 1985 while serving in the military as a deep sea diver in the U.S. Navy. The call to ministry came 8 years later when he was invited to serve the Lord in the Philippine mission field. Jon’s entry into pastoral ministry came...
