Psalm 10:7-11 “His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might. He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

There is a false sense of security that comes when you get away with evil. But it’s a false sense. Revelation teaches us that evil doesn’t win!

But there is even more here. A part of this passage is used in the New Testament to remind us that this is the natural state of anyone who doesn’t have a relationship with God. People aren’t drawn to do good!

Romans 3:10-18 “as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.’”

I hope that you can rejoice today that you have a relationship with God, that you are drawn to do good, and that you have nothing to fear in the judgment.

For additional worship: Psalm 10 (Yahweh Is King Forever) [feat. Jon DeGroot]