Psalm 10:1-11

Psalm 10:1-11

A Portrait of Evil

Psa 10:1  Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 

Psa 10:2  The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 

Psa 10:3  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 

Psa 10:4  The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 

Psa 10:5  His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 

Psa 10:6  He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 

Psa 10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 

Psa 10:8  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 

Psa 10:9  He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 

Psa 10:10  He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 

Psa 10:11  He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 

1. Where is God in the Day of Trouble? – vs. 1*
1. God is here and will administer justice, but for now God is extending mercy by giving all a chance to repent.

                                                               i.      2 Timothy 2:24-26 

2. The Nature of Evil. – vs. 2-11*
1. Sometimes to know the nature of something more intimately we have to study its opposite. To understand God’s goodness more we need to understand what evil is. Often we do not appreciate the antidote until we have experienced the poison.

                                                               i.      A wicked person arrogantly:

1.      Persecutes the defenseless – vs. 2a*

2.      Uses his mental intelligence to find new ways to hurt others – vs. 2b*

3.      Is prideful of his selfish gain – vs. 3a*

4.      Praises those that greedily take advantage of others – vs. 3b*

a.       God hates the covetous

5.      Refuses to seek the Lord because of his pride – vs. 4a*

6.      Refuses to even think about God – vs. 4b*

7.      Does things that grieves God – vs. 5a*

8.      Refuses to think about God’s Word – vs. 5b*

9.      Routinely underestimates his enemies – vs. 5c*

10.  Is overly confident and unaware of his own finiteness – vs. 6a*

11.  Believes that he is above consequences – vs. 6b*

12.  Constantly uses foul language and tells  lies – vs. 7a*

13.  Constantly talks about useless and empty things – vs. 7b*

14.  Is often found in places of ill repute – vs. 8a*

15.  Secretly murders the innocent – vs. 8b*

16.  Watches the hurting like a vulture waiting to take advantage of them – vs. 8c*

17.  Is like lion waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the oppressed – vs. 9a*

18.  Is like a fisherman that throws a net out to bring in the poor so he can oppress them further – vs. 9b*

19.  He bends over to hurt the little guy. – vs. 10*

20.  He denies the justice of God – vs. 11a*

a.       Psalm 146:7-10 

21.  He denies the reality of a God that sees everything – vs. 11b*

a.       Proverbs 5:21 

3. God’s Antidote for Evil in this World, is His Word.
1. Psalm 12:5-7  

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"...God is nowhere present for us, nowhere present in the world, nowhere present in our realm and in our time as in His word; that this word of His has no other name and content than Jesus Christ and that Jesus Christ for us is nowhere in the world to be found as new everyday except in the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. About this we in the church are unified or we are not in the church."

Psalm 9:13-20

Psalm 9:13-20

God’s Deliverance Makes My Heart Sing

Psa 9:13  Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 

Psa 9:14  That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

Psa 9:15  The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 

Psa 9:16  The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 

Psa 9:17  The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 

Psa 9:18  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 

Psa 9:19  Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 

Psa 9:20  Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. 

1. All Those That Call On God Will Receive Mercy. – vs. 13a*
1. Romans 10:13 
2. Psalm 51:17 
2. The Reasons We Need to Call on God For Mercy are:
1. We have an enemy that hates us. – vs. 13b*

                                                               i.      1 Peter 5:8-11 

2. He has an eternal plan from us that is opposite of God’s (hell) – vs. 13c*

                                                               i.      Matthew 16:18 

3. Instead of continuing in Satan’s eternal plan for us we can be delivered and placed in the eternal gate of God’s Kingdom to praise Him. – vs. 14a*

                                                               i.      What has been said so far gets David excited about praising Jesus. – vs. 14b*

4. The enemies of God will fall in their own trap. – vs. 15*
5. Those that resist God and His laws will be punished. (There is a pause here for emphasis) – vs. 16*
6. Those that do wicked deeds and ignore God will be thrown in to eternal hell. – vs. 17*

                                                               i.      Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting (αἰώνιος) punishment: but the righteous into life eternal (αἰώνιος). 

7. Those that are in desperate need and are oppressed will not have their hope extinguished. – vs. 18*
8. The oppressors, or those that side with Satan, will in the end be defeated. – vs. 19-20*

                                                               i.      Those that defy God now will, in the end, have to answer to a righteous Judge. – vs. 20*

1.      Philippians 2:9-11  

Psalm 9:1-12

Psalm 9:1-12

God’s Justice Makes My Heart Sing in Praise to Him

Psa 9:1  To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 

Psa 9:2  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 

Psa 9:3  When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 

Psa 9:4  For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. 

Psa 9:5  Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 

Psa 9:6  O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 

Psa 9:7  But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 

Psa 9:8  And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 

Psa 9:9  The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 

Psa 9:10  And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

Psa 9:11  Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 

Psa 9:12  When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

1. To Dedicate Ones Life to God is to Proclaim and Record Each of His Wonderful Deeds. – vs. 1*
1. Colossians 3:15-17 
2. When Some One Dedicates Their Life to Proclaiming God’s Wonderful Deeds They Will Experience a Heart Filled with Gladness and Joy. – vs. 2a*
1. Psalm 5:11 
3. Out of a Heart Filled with Gladness and Joy, Comes True Praise to God. – vs. 2b *
4. When We Dedicate Our Lives to Proclaiming the Wonderful Deeds of God Then We Will Find Ourselves On the True Side of Justice. – vs. 4*
1. Those that are on God’s side will see these 7 things happen to God’s enemies:

                                                               i.      They will be turned back – vs. 3a*

                                                             ii.      They will fall and be destroyed – vs. 3b*

                                                            iii.      They will be rebuked – vs. 5a*

                                                           iv.      They will be destroyed – vs. 5b*

                                                             v.      Their memory will be wiped out – vs. 5c*

                                                           vi.      The destruction they are busy doing will be stopped – vs. 6a*

                                                          vii.      Their victories will be erased – vs. 6b*

5. Those Dedicated to Proclaiming God’s Great Deeds will See These 12 Things About God’s Nature. – vs. 7-12*
1. God has no beginning or end. – vs. 7a*
2. In the end God will condemn all evil. – vs. 7b*

                                                               i.      Revelation 21:7-8 

3. Right now we see God’s governing hand of justice. – vs. 8a*

                                                               i.      Colossians 1:16-17 

4. In the past we were given God’s just laws to live by. – vs. 8b*

                                                               i.      Psalm 119:43-44 

5. God will provide a safe place for the oppressed. – vs. 9*
6. Those that know God will put their trust in Him. – vs. 10a*
7. Those that follow God will never be forsaken by Him. – vs. 10b*
8. Those that are truly part of the Kingdom of God will never stop singing His Praises. – vs. 11*

                                                               i.      Revelation 19:6 

9. God relentlessly peruses those who have murdered the innocent. – vs. 12a*
10. God will never forget those who have been wantonly murdered by oppressors. – vs. 12b*
11. God will never forget the cry of those that are downtrodden. – vs. 12c*

                                                               i.      James 4:6-10