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Psalm chapter 10 verses 17 and 18.

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted. You will strengthen their heart.

You will incline your ear to do justice to the Fatherless and the oppressed,

so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

What a powerful picture of one of the multitudes of reasons for which we praise God.

We praise God for his might, his power, his sovereignty, his omniscience, he's all knowing

for his holiness. There's no one like him. We could list attribute after attribute after attribute.

In all the different ways he displays those attributes. We have so many reasons to praise God

and at the end of Psalm 10 verse 17 we see this reason.

The one who is sovereign with all power, who is holy above all, who is omniscient and omnipotent,

he hears the desire of the afflicted. Are you afflicted? Are you hurting?

He hears your cry. He strengthens your heart. He inclines his ear to do justice.

He's not just a God of justice distant from us. He's a God who hears our cries for justice

and he inclines his ear to us. He hears our cries and he does it. He does justice for the Father

list and the oppressed. On a picture with the sovereign, all mighty, all powerful, all holy

God of the universe, inclines his ear to the fatherless and the oppressed. So that verse 18 says

man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. In other words, because God hears the desires of

the afflicted, strengthens their heart and inclines his ear to do justice to the fatherless

and the oppressed. We can know that evil and injustice in this world will not have the last word.

And this all drives us to pray. To praise God, God, we praise you for hearing the desire of the

afflicted. God, I pray for those who are struggling right now in many different ways,

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