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.
- Where
is God in the Day of Trouble? – vs. 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
- The
Nature of Evil. – vs. 2-11*
- 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
- God’s
Antidote for Evil in this World, is His Word.
- Psalm
12:5-7
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