Psalm 9 – My God, my enemy

The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, and You have uprooted the cities; the very memory of them has perished. But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, and He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; and those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Evil has perished, is perishing, and will perish in the future at the hand of our righteous God. The inherent evil in our world will perish. The systemic evil in our societies will perish. The evil we allow in our hearts will perish. But those who know the name of the Lord and put their trust in that name will not be forsaken as the destroyed cities of the enemy were forsaken.

God is a God of justice. God enabled the bringing about of justice in the past. God will bring about ultimate justice in the future. But we live in the present and are called to be God’s agents of justice in our world. “The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed. A stronghold in times of trouble”. We are to be examples of Christ to the world around us. If we are not being a stronghold for the oppressed and troubled then we are perpetuating evil and we make ourselves an enemy of the Lord.