What is the Cause of Social Injustice? Psalms 9-11

Psalms 10:2-11 (ESV)
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

The wicked boast and forget God.   That statement summarizes the above portion of Psalm 10.   It should be noted that in the original Hebrew writings, Psalms 9 and 10 were one song.   Psalm 10 does not have a “heading,” which is unusual in this section of the Book of Psalms.   The two psalms, together, are a lament of those who are being socially marginalized.   The two speak of the inequality between the oppressed and the oppressor.   That truth was as true back in these Bible days, as it is today, for us.  The two psalms are perfect for the conversation we are having in our society today about social justice.   However, in the above passage we read the reason those speaking (the oppressed) are being oppressed is because the oppressor is “wicked.”  The “oppressors” are not defined by their ethnicity.  The oppressors are defined based upon their relationship with God.   Notice in the above passage, in verse 4, that the oppressor states in his/her heart, “There is no God.”   God identifies them as wicked.   They are not oppressing because they have power.  They are not oppressing because they are a particular ethnicity.  And they are not oppressing because of their skin color.  They are oppression because they have rejected God and are therefore wicked.   That is the cause of social injustice.   It is the wickedness of man that causes what we read in the above passage.   If we want to explain and correct social injustice we only have to do a deep dive into the first murder of mankind: Cain killing his brother Abel.   That gives us the template for what we read up above and what we read about and hear each day in our society.   Why did Cain kills his brother?   Cain slew his brother Abel because his brother’s deeds were righteous and he was wicked.  Wickedness, that rejects God, is the cause of social injustice: 

1 John 3:12 (ESV)
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.