Psalm 7

1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

2 or they will tear me like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands-

4 if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
or without cause have robbed my foe-

5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.
Selah

6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.

7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
Rule over them from on high;

8 let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.

9 O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure.

10 My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge,
God who expresses his wrath every day.

12 If he does not relent,
he will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.

13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

14 He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.

16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his violence comes down on his own head.

17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Just like many of his psalms, David started with telling God how much trouble he is in.

Notice that in this psalm, David was so certain that he is a righteous man in the eyes of God. Look at verse 8. He actually asked God to judge him according to his righteousness (in Chinese, it's called yi).

Well, if you know the life of David, he sinned against God big time when he murdered Uriah and made Bathsheba his wife.

How then can he be considered righteous?

Look at Genesis 15:6 "Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness."

Righteousness in the kingdom of God doesn't mean that you totally have no sins (if so, there is no need for Jesus). But it means that you need to put your faith in the Lord.

I believe that David believes in God. He believes in whatever God said to him.

Do you believe in God? Do you believe in whatever God says in the Bible? That He will love and bless you to a thousand generations when you keep His commandments (Exodus 20:6)? How about the promise that He has a plan for you? A plan to prosper you and not to harm you (Jeremiah 29:11)? I know that there are times I didn't believe in them.


Things to ponder:
1. Out of a scale of 1 to 10, how righteous do you think you are? Give an honest self-evaluation.
2. Are there promises in the Bible that you thought they are NOT meant for you? List them out.
3. Pray about all these promises and believe God for them. If there're sins in your life that interferes with God's promises, confess & repent straight away!


Dear God, I really pray that today I will be reminded that when I put my faith in You, when I trust You and when I believe in You, You have already declared me righteous. By the blood of the Lamb, You've cleansed me of all my past, present and future sins. Thank You, God, for sending You son, Jesus to die for me. I pray all this in Jesus' name. Amen!