Psalm 52

1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.

3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah

4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah

6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at him, saying,

7 "Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!"

8 But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God's unfailing love
for ever and ever.

9 I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

What happened was this: Doeg the Edomite, Saul's head shepherd told Saul about how David stayed at the house of the priest, Ahimelech. Saul was so furious at the priest that he ordered his guards to kill all the priests of Nob. His guards refused because they were unwilling to lift their hands against the priests of God. But Doeg did. He killed 85 priests and the whole town, Nob. Read 1 Samuel 21:1-9 and 22:6-23.

Imagine you're David. And you know of someone who just did something terrible. What would your first reaction? Would you take things into your own hands and strike back? Or would you trust that God will take care of everything?


Today, there were so many bad referee decisions during RI's basketball match against Peirce Sec. At one point, I kind of lashed out at the referees (but it didn't change things at all). Upon reflection, I really just need to pray and commit all these things to the Lord. And trust that He is in control, just like David did.


Things to ponder
1. When was the last time you saw some 'injustice' happen? Elaborate.
2. What was your response then?
3. How do you think God wants you to respond?
4. Pray and commit all the past, present and future injustices that you encounter.

Click here for Pastor YC's reflection on Psalm 52