Psalm 10:12-18 “Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, ‘God won’t call me into account?’ But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land. LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.”

The plight of the persecuted righteous should cause God’s people to call out to Him. And they should be assured that God will hear! God will take up the cause of the oppressed and judge the unrighteous. God will heal His land, because He is King forever and ever!

We too are faced with unrighteousness in this world. We see believers suffering at the hands of unbelievers, and we need to cry out to God for their safety and wellbeing.

Ephesians 6:17-20 “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints. Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

For additional worship: Rejoice The Lord Is King (Lyric Video)