Psalm 10

Psalm 10

Verse 1

To the tearful eye of the sufferer, the Lord seemed to be standing still, like if he looked calmly, and did not sympathize with the distressed. Moreover, the The Lord seemed to be far away, no longer 'a very present help in problems," but an inaccessible mountain, in which no man would be able to scale. The presence of God is the joy of his people, but any the suspicion of your absence is an excessive distraction. Let's then, always remember that the Lord is close to us. The refiner is never far away from the mouth of the oven when your gold is in the fire, and the Son of God is always walking among the flames when your holy children are cast in them. However, he who knows the fragility of man does not admire that, when we are intensely exercised, we find it hard to endure the apparent negligence of the Lord. When he is forced to work our liberation.

Why did you hide in times of distress? hide from the face of our father, who cuts us for the quick. When the proving and desertion come together, we are in a situation as dangerous as Paulo, when your ship sank in a place where two seas met It is not surprising that we are like the ship that ran aground, and the front part stayed firm, and remained motionless, while the back part was broken by the violence of the waves. When our sun is eclipsed, it is dark even. If we need an answer to the question: "Why do you ... "Hid it?" is to be found in the fact that there is a "need", isn't it? just for judgment, but for the weight of the heart under judgment (1 Peter 1: 6); but how could this be the case, if the Lord is to shine upon us? while it afflicts us? The father must comfort his son while he is correcting it, where would the use of the correction be? A smiling face and a stick they are not adjustment companions. God uncovers the backs that the blow can to make sense; for only anguish that can become an affliction is truly felt unfounded. If we were carried in the arms of God over each stream, where would it be Judgment, and where experience is, what problem is it meant to teach us?

Verse 2

The second verse contains the formal accusation against the wicked: "The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor." The accusation divides into two. distinct accusations - pride and tyranny; one is the root and cause of the other. The the second sentence is the humble petition of the oppressed: "Let actions be taken in the devices that were imagined." The sentence is reasonable, fair, and natural. Even being our own enemies judges, it is fair that men be made as they wish to do to others. We only weigh on their own scales and we measure your corn with your own bushel. Terrible will be your day, pursuing Babylon! when you are made to drink from the cup of wine that you the key to the brim with the blood of the saints. No one disputes the justice of God, when he hangs each Haman on his own gallows, and casts all the enemies of your Daniels in their own den of lions.

Verse 3

With the accusation read and the petition presented, the evidence is now heard in the first count. The evidence is very complete and conclusion about the issue of pride, and no jury can hesitate to give a verdict against the prisoner at the bar. However, let's hear the witnesses one by one. The first attests that he is a braggart. "For he The wicked boasts of the desire of his heart." He is a very foolish braggart, for he boasts in a mere desire: a braggart with a brazen face, for this desire is a villainy; and a more abandoned sinner, to boast of what is your shame. Glorying sinners are the worst and most despicable of men, especially when their filthy desires too filthy to be put into practice - they become the theme of their ostentations. When Mr. Hate-God and Mr. Rational come together in partnership, they conduct a vigorous trade in the devil's goods.

This evidence is sufficient to convict the prisoner at the bar. Take him away, guard! But stay, another witness wishes to be sworn in and heard. This time, the impudence of the proud rebel is even more apparent; because he bless the covetous, whom the Lord despises." This is insolence, which is pride unmasked. He is arrogant enough to differ from the Judge of all the earth and bless the men whom God has cursed. So also the sinful generation in the days of Malachi, who called the proud of happiness, and established those who practiced wickedness (Malachi 3:15).

These basic pretenders would contend with their Creator; they would go the impudence of the proud rebel is even more apparent; for he "blesses the covetous, whom the Lord hates." This is insolence, which is pride. unmasked. He is arrogant enough to differ from the Judge of all the earth and to bless the men whom God has cursed. Thus also the generation sinful in the days of Malachi, who called the proud of happiness, and established those who did evil (Malachi 3:15). These basic claimants would dispute with their Creator; they would show impudence of the superb rebel is even more apparent; because he "blesses the covetous, the who the Lord hates." This is insolence, which is unmasked pride. He is noble enough to differ from the Judge of all the earth and bless the men whom God has cursed. Likewise, the sinful generation in us days of Malachi, who called the proud happy, and established those who practiced wickedness (Malachi 3:15). These pretenders basics would dispute with their Creator; they would become those who they operated wickedness (Malachi 3:15). These basic pretenders they would dispute with their Creator; they would establish those who operated the evil (Malachi 3:15). These basic pretenders would compete with your Creator; they would goRemove from his hand the balance and the staff, Judge your own justice, be the god of God.

How many times have we heard the evil man talking in terms of honor? greedy, of the poor's farmer and of the sharp trader! Our old proverb has this, I know well how the world shakes; He is the most loved who has more bags.

Pride meets greed and praises her as wise, frugal, and prudent.

We say with sadness, there are many religious teachers who value a rich man and they flatter him, although they know that he has fattened the meat and the blood of the poor. The only sinners who are welcomed as respectable they are ambitious men. If a man is a fornicator or a drunkard, we expelled him from the church; but who has ever read about church discipline against that damned idolater - the ambitious man?

Let's tremble, so that we are not participants in this atrocious sin of pride, "blessing the covetous, whom Jehovah hates."

Verse 4

The proud boastings and the lascivious blessings of the wicked were received in evidence against him, and now his own face confirms the accusation, and your empty locker screams out loud against him. "The wicked, by pride of your countenance, will not seek God." Proud hearts they produce proud looks and hard knees. It is an admirable arrangement that the heart is often written on the face, just like the movement of the wheels of a clock find their mark on its face. A face of bronze and a broken heart never walks alone. We are not sure if the Athenians they were wise when they ordered that men be judged in the dark, so that your faces would not weigh on the judges; for there is much more to to be learned from the movements of the facial muscles than from the words from the lips. Honesty shines on the face but villainy appears in the eyes.

See the effect of pride; it prevented man from seeking God. It is difficult. praying with a stiff neck and an inflexible knee. "God is not in everyone "his thoughts," he thought a lot, but he had no thoughts for God.

Among the straw hills there was no grain of wheat. The only place where God did not this is in the thoughts of the wicked. This is a condemning accusation; because where there is no God of heaven, the Lord of hell reigns and is furious; and if God is not in our thoughts, our thoughts will lead us to perdition.

Verse 5

"Their paths are always painful." For themselves they are hard. Men take a hard road when they go to hell.

God has protected the path of sin: Oh what madness to jump these you will bleed and fall among the thorns! For others, too, their paths cause a lot of sadness and anguish; but what does it matter to him? He sits like a god idol in your monstrous car, completely independent of the crowds that they are crushed as he rolls. "Your judgments are far above your vision: "he seems tall, but not tall enough. As God is forgotten, so are your judgments. He is not able to understand the things of God; a pig can look through a telescope sooner than stars than this man studying the Word of God to understand justice of the Lord. "As for all his enemies, he brings them upon themselves." He challenges and dominates; and when men resist her abusive behavior, she zombies of the damned threaten to annihilate them with a puff. In most of the languages there is a word of contempt taken by the action of blowing with the lips, and in English we should express the idea by saying: "He cries: 'Pooh!"

Pooh!' at your enemies. Ah! There is an enemy that will not be so puffed up. death will blow out the candle of your life and will explode it, and the wicked braggart will find unpleasant work boast in the tomb. and the wicked braggart will find hard the work of bragging in the grave. And the wicked braggart will find it hard the work of bragging in the grave.

Verse 6

The testimony of the sixth verse concludes the evidence against the prisoner about the first accusation of pride, and it is certainly conclusive in the highest degree. The present witness was to intrude into the secret chambers do coração, e veio nos dizer o que ele ouviu. "Ele disse em seu coração: Não I will be shaken, because I will never be in adversity." Oh impertinence, run to sow! Man considers himself immutable and omnipotent as well, for he he should never be in adversity. He considers himself a privileged man.

He sits alone and will not see sadness. His nest is in the stars and he does not dreams of a hand that will tear it away. But let us remember that the house of this man is built on sand, on a foundation no more substantial than the waves of the sea. He who is very secure is never secure. Boastfulness no they are buttresses, and self-confidence is a sad stronghold. This is the ruin of troubles, that when they are successful they become too big and filled with vanity, as if summer would last forever and its flowers they would bloom forever. Be humble, oh man! for you are mortal, and your luck is mutable.

The second crime is now to be proven. The fact that the man is proud and arrogant can go very far to prove that he is vindictive and cruel. Haman's pride was the father of a cruel design to assassinate all the Jews. Nebuchadnezzar builds an idol; in pride he commands that All men bow before her; and then she becomes cruelly ready to heat the furnace seven times hotter for those who do not yield to your imperious will. Every proud thought is the twin brother of a cruel thought. He who exalts himself despises others and, one step forward, will make him a tyrant.

Verse 7

Let us now hear the witnesses in court. Let the unfortunate one speak. for yourself, for from your own mouth you will be condemned. "Your mouth is "the key of curse, deceit, and fraud." There is not just a little bit of evil there, but your mouth is full of this. A three-headed serpent hid your spirals and poison inside the lair of your black mouth. There are curses that he copes against God and men, deceits with which it traps the unwary and frauds through which, even in their common business, he steal from your neighbors. Beware of such a man: do not deal with him: no one, the not being the biggest fool of the geese, I would go to the fox's sermon, and no one, except The most foolish would place themselves in the society of slaves. But we must proceed.

Let us look under the tongue of this man, as well as in his mouth; "under from your tongue comes evil and vanity. "At the bottom of your throat are the unborn words that will arise as wickedness and iniquity.

Verse 8

Despite the pride of this miserable base, it seems that he is so cowardly as cruel. "He is sitting in the places lurking near the villages; in secret places he kills the innocent; his eyes are placed in secret against the poor." He acts as part of the highway robber, who appears over the an unwary traveler in some deserted part of the road. There are always men mouse lurking of the saints. This is a land of thieves and robbers; let us go travel well armed, for every bush hides an enemy. Everywhere there is traps set for us and enemies thirsty for our blood. There is enemies at our table, just like on the other side of the sea. We never we are safe, except when the Lord is with us.

9. The image becomes darker, for here lies the cunning of the lion and the hunter, as well as the stealth of the thief. Surely there are some men that reach the letter of this description. With observation, perversion, slander, the whisper and the false oath, they ruin the character of the righteous and kill the innocents; or, with legal problems, mortgages, titles, deeds, and things similar, they take the poor and lure them into a net. Chrysostom was peculiarly severe in this last phase of cruelty, but surely not more than was richly deserved. Be careful, brothers, for there are others traps beyond these. Hungry lions are crouched everywhere Hiding places and bird hunters spread their nets across all the fields.

Quarles vividly portrays our danger in these memorable lines, The busy hands of the nearby pursuers set traps in their substance; the traps meet your needs; Traps on your credit; traps in your misfortune; Ties in your high state; traps at your base; Traps double your bed; and traps surround your board; The traps watch your thoughts; and the traps attack your word Traps in your silence; entwine in your emotion; Traps in your diet; traps in your devotion; Traps hide in your resolutions; traps in your doubt; The traps are inside your heart; and traps outside; The traps are above your head and entrails below; Traps in your illness; traps are in your death.

Oh Lord! protect your servants and defend us from all our enemies!

Verse 10

"He crouches and humbles himself, so that the poor may fall with the their strengths." Apparent humility is often an armor for the malice. The lion crouches to be able to leap with greater force and take down its strong members over their prey. When a wolf was old and had tasted human blood, the old Saxon shouted: "Beware, wolf!" and we can weep, Ware fox! Those who crouch at our feet are eager to us make fall. Be very careful with the fawners, as friendship and flattery they are mortal enemies.

Verse 11

As over the first count, so over this one; a witness. is nearby, who was listening through the keyhole of the heart. Speak, friend, and let us hear your story. "He says in his heart: God is "forgot; hides his face; you will never see it." This cruel man finds solace. with the idea that God is blind, or at least, forgotten: a fantasy affectionate and foolish, indeed. Men doubt omniscience when They persecute the saints. If we had a sense of God's presence with us, it would be impossible for us to mistreat your children. In fact, it hardly can to have a greater preservation of sin than the constant thought of You, God, see me.

Thus, the trial proceeded. The case was fully declared; and now It is not surprising that the oppressed petitioner raises the cry of judgment, what we find in the following verse: Versículo 12. Com que linguagem ousada a fé se dirigirá ao seu Deus! e, no meanwhile, disbelief is mixed with our strongest confidence. Without fear, the Lord is raised to rise up and raise His hand, even though Timidly, it is asked not to forget the humble; as if Jehovah could forget your saints. This verse is the incessant cry of the Church, and it never he will abstain from this until his Lord comes in his glory to take vengeance on all your opponents.

Verse 13

In these verses, the description of the wicked is condensed, and the evil of their character is traced back to its origin, that is, atheistic ideas regarding the world government. We can immediately perceive that this is intended to be another urgent appeal to the Lord to show His power and reveal His justice. When the wicked call God's justice into question, we can ask him to teach them terrible things in righteousness. In verse 13, the the hope of the unfaithful and his heart's desires are exposed. He despises the Sir, why does he not believe that the sin will find its punishment: "he said in your heart: You shall not require it." If there were no hell for others men, there should be one for those who question his justice.

Verse 14

This vile suggestion receives its answer in verse 14. "You saw it; for you see the damage and disdain, to match it with your hand." God is allI look to see and punish all your enemies. There is no divine supervision. how to hide, and there is no escaping divine justice. The arbitrary damage must to encounter a terrible misfortune, and those who hold a grudge they must inherit the sorrow. In truth, there is a God who judges on earth. This does not it is the only example of God's presence in the world; while he punishes the oppressor, he befriends the oppressed. 'The poor commits to you.'

They give themselves entirely into the hands of the Lord. Renouncing their judgment to your enlightenment, and your wills to your supremacy, they remain certain that he will arrange all things for the best. Nor does he deceive his hope. He preserves them in times of need and makes them I rejoice in your goodness. "You are the helper of orphans." God is the father of all orphans. When the earthly father sleeps under the soil, a heavenly Father smiles from above. Somehow, orphaned children are fed, and they can very well when they have such a Father.

Verse 15

In this verse, we once again hear the burden of the prayer of psalmist: "Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man." Leave the sinner lose your power to sin; stop the tyrant, imprison the oppressor, weaken the break the backs of the powerful and destroy the terrible. They deny your justice: that they feel it to the fullest. In fact, they must feel it; because God will hunt the sinner forever; as long as there is a grain of sin in him, he will be sought after is punished. It is not noteworthy that very few persecutors have ever they died in their beds: the curse pursued them in a manifest way, and their terrible suffering made them experience divine justice in which they could, at once, pose a challenge. God allows that the tyrants rise like thorn bushes to protect their church from intrusion of hypocrites, and so that he can teach the children who have strayed from them, how Gideon did to the men of Succoth with the virgins of the desert; but he soon cut these Herods, like the thorns, and throw them into the fire. Thales, the Miletus, one of the wise men of Greece, asking what he thought was the greatest rarity of the world, replied: "To see a tyrant live to become an old man". See how the Lord breaks not only the arm but also the neck of oppressors proud! For the men who had neither justice nor mercy for the saints, there will be justice in fullness, but not a grain of mercy.Asked what he thought was the greatest rarity of world, responded: "To see a tyrant live to become an old man." See how the Lord breaks, not only the arm, but the neck of oppressors proud! For the men who had neither justice nor mercy for the saints, there will be justice in fullness, but not a grain of mercy. Asked about what he thought was the greatest rarity of world, replied: "To see a tyrant live to be an old man." Look how the Lord breaks not only the arm but the neck of oppressors Proud! For the men who had neither justice nor mercy For the saints, there will be justice in fullness, but not a grain of mercy.

Verses 16, 17, 18. The Psalm ends with a song of thanksgiving to the great and eternal King, why did you grant the wish of your humble people and oppressed, defended the orphans and punished the gentiles who trampled on their poor and distressed children. Let's learn that we are sure to accelerate well, if We will take our complaint to the king of kings. Rights will be justified and the errors corrected on your throne. Your government does not neglect the interests of needy, nor tolerates the oppression of the powerful. Great God, we we left in your hands; for you we commit your church again.

Rise up, O God, and let man of the earth - the creature of a day - be broken before the majesty of your power. Come, Lord Jesus, and glorify your people. Amen and amen.