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that affect the way we live today. There is reward for the righteous. You just think about

all the times when the psalmist is looking around much like we do and seeing people

prospering for evil and wickedness. Seeing people who are not following after God,

experiencing what looks like prosperity to be reminded continually that it is righteousness

that leads to true reward, that it is trust in God. It is living in obedience to his

righteous commands that is reward, that is life. Oh, don't be fooled by this world.

Its pleasures and treasures will not last. They will, they seek first the kingdom of God and his

righteousness. And all these things will be added to you. Jesus tells us. There is reward

for the righteous live, for righteousness today. And the second part of Psalm 58 11,

surely there is a God who judges on earth in a world of injustice. Isn't it good to know

that perfect justice from the perfect judge, the God over all the earth, will reign in the end.

Which means we work for justice now. We want to reflect the character of our God. We do

justice in every way that God by his spirit according to his word leads us to do justice in the

world around us. And we hate injustice. We work against it with confidence that one day

injustice will be no more. And especially on those days when injustice seems to be reigning or

winning to know that injustice will not have the last word. And even that, to thank God for his

mercy, for if justice alone had the last word, we would all be condemned. Praise God for his

mercy and his justice for justly pouring out the judgment we deserve in our sin upon his son.

In his mercy, Jesus takes the judgment we deserve so that we don't have to be afraid of the God

who judges on earth so that we might be saved by the God who judges on earth. So we pray, God,

all glory be to your name for your justice and your righteousness. We pray that you would help us

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