Psalms 7:8-9
The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!
Tag: God blesses the righteous
In these couple of verses of Psalm 6 we read David's prayer for the righteous and the wicked. His prayer, in essence, asks God to bless him (according to the integrity of his heart) and to stop the ends of the wicked. The question as to be asked of us, "If this were my prayer, based upon my integrity and righteousness, I would have little vindication?" David, with some faith and confidence is able to pray this prayer. He knows it is God who knows his heart and he is simply asking God to bless his life accordingly. Perhaps he already, by faith, knows the truth of Romans 5 and that we have been justified in Christ and therefore, declared righteous. Whatever his source, David prays that God will bless and establish the righteous. He asks that God stop the wickedness of the wicked. This is a great prayer for our world today. We need to prayer together, "Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end ...". In our very wicked world, this should be the prayer on our lips. We should want out righteousness (the righteousness we have in Christ) to be vindicated and the wickedness of the wicked to come to an end.
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