Thoughts on Psalm 9: Part 2
Today, I’m finishing up looking at Psalm 9. I’m picking up in Verse 11.
The Psalmist says to sing praises to the Lord, and to declare His doings among the people. Declare His doings means to tell people what God has done. Do we do this? Do we tell people God has done in our lives? Do we tell people how much God has done to help us? Or do we not say anything? Part of praising God is telling other people how Great He is.
Continuing, the Psalmist describes how God doesn’t forget what the evil do, or what the humble cry out for. The Psalmist then switches over to a cry for himself, asking God to have mercy on him, so that he will then be able to praise God more.
He then describes the heathen, and how they are trapped in their own doings. Many times, evil people get trapped in their own evils, and end up dying, or suffering greatly for it. We may think that we are not evil people, but haven’t we all got trapped at least once in something we were doing to “get back at someone” for something they did to us?
The Psalmist ends by describing the consequences of being evil, and that the needy and poor’s dreams will not always be forgotten. In ending, he also prays that God will show nations how all they are just men and how God is God.
