The Bible Study Podcast, episode 356. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the book of Psalms with Psalm 10.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. We're going to continue on with Psalm 10 today.

Psalm 10 is similar to the ones that we looked at last week. Psalm 9 looked at a prayer from David for justice and a confident prayer that God would deliver justice and sort of a warning to all of those who were on the wrong side of justice.

This is a similar prayer, a psalm whose author is

unknown, but this is a prayer for justice that is less certain. Why, Lord, do you stand far off?

Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In his arrogance, the wicked man hunts down the weak,

who are caught in the schemes he devises. He boasts about the cravings of his heart. He blesses

the greedy and reviles the Lord. In his pride, the wicked man does not seek him. In all his

thoughts, there is no room for God. His ways are always prosperous.

Your laws are rejected by him. He sneers at all his enemies. He says to himself,

nothing will ever shake me. He swears, no one will ever do me harm. This is quite different

from the last psalm that we looked at that talked about

the wicked getting caught in his own snares, the wicked getting hoist by his own

pittard, as it were, stumbling into the pit that he dug. Instead, in this case, what we see

are the wicked prospering. And the psalmist is saying, Lord, how can you let this happen?

Why is it that those who are not following you are being successful?

This is a fair question. And this situation that the psalmist sees is not something that went away at the

finishing of the book of Psalms. We can look around us and we can see people who are doing the wrong

things or the questionable things or the unethical things. And yet as far as we can tell are getting

away with it. And we like the psalmist can say, Lord, why do you let it happen?

Why do you stand far off? Why do you hide in times of trouble? It is not difficult for us to find

examples of when the greed of others, when the desires of others has caused harm.

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