Today, I am reading and commenting on  Psalms 10-17.

Today’s psalms speak about a couple of contrasting ideas.  First the psalmist writes of how the wicked have no fear of God, believing that He will not hold them accountable.  However, the psalmist reminds us that while it may at times seem that the wicked prosper, God will take action to protect the oppressed and punish the wicked.  The psalmist goes on to remind us that while the wicked strike at the foundations of justice and law and order so that it seems like the righteous can do nothing, the Lord will act and the righteous need only put their trust in Him.  I want to stress that when the foundations of law and order and justice are being destroyed the righteous only need to put their trust in God, but they do need to put their trust in God.  The solution in that situation is to turn to God, not to try to turn to some other “fix” for the problem.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.