I read some comments on a news site yesterday morning. I can't believe how nasty people can be on those sites. I hope they don't talk to their friends the same way they post online. Some people are just heartless, and they'll go after people with a vengeance. Reading comments can be disheartening, at least for me. Later in the morning, I was reading my One Year Bible when Psalm 10 came up. I normally read the KJV, but I've posted the NIV one here instead. Things don't usually "speak to me", but this one did, especially in relation to some of the garbage people say to others on social media.
Psalm 10:1-18
1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of
trouble?
2 In his
arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts about the
cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
5 His ways are always prosperous;
your laws are rejected by him;
he sneers at all his enemies.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake
me.”
He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
7 His mouth
is full of lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
8 He lies in wait near the
villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
9 like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He
lies in wait to catch the helpless;
he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10 His victims are crushed, they collapse;
they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;
he covers his face and never sees.”
12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.
Do not forget the helpless.
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?
Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?
14 But you, God, see the trouble of the
afflicted;
you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The
victims commit themselves to you;
you are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;
the nations will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18 defending the fatherless and the
oppressed,
so that mere earthly mortals
will never again strike terror.
I don't know about you, but it made me feel better. :)
What a beautiful message! I've stopped reading the comments on online articles--just too negative.
ReplyDeleteThey really are. Sometimes, however, some can be like a train wreck and you look anyway. I need to do that less often. ;)
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