In this post, we’re going to be looking at Psalms 7:9-11, about justice.
One of my favorite topics of study in the Bible is about justice, especially considering my background and work. The justice system here on earth is an imperfect one, run by imperfect people, but God is a perfect judge and His justice is perfect. Many people mistake God’s judgements as cruel, when in fact He is a merciful and just God.
For the many of us who have experienced the injustice of this world, God’s justice provides hope and solace for us. Let’s read Psalm 7:9,
9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked
come to an end,
But establish the just;
For the righteous God tests the hearts
and minds.
This Psalm is a promise. Verse 9 reminds me of Daniel 12:10, which says “Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.”
Many wicked people do not see their need of God and His righteousness and continue in their wickedness. However those of us who understand God’s justice, who have been purified, made, white and refined because of it; because we’ve been made just by Jesus’ blood, we shall be established, forever.
Many people might be afraid of a God who judges and tests us, but the Psalmist tells us why He isn’t afraid in the very next verse.
10 My defense is of God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge and God is angry with the wicked every
day.
Our defense is of God, our Advocate and defender is His Son. Because Christ stands on our behalf, we have nothing to fear now that we have cast our sins on Him and have resolved to live in His righteousness.
Verse 11 echoes God as being the just judge, and the last part is a comfort to those who have been victimized.
We may not see God’s anger against those who have hurt us, but we know that He is grieved when we are hurt. He will not forget our tears or our pain. We can trust in Him, the righteous judge to not only make right what was wrong, but to forgive us of our own mistakes, and judge us righteous in Christ Jesus.