God's Purpose of Justice will Prevail

"I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High." Psalm 7:17

Here is another psalm of David where he is asking for God to judge those who wrongly accuse or slander him. When we are unfairly persecuted, this is a model of the prayer we can pray. There is trust in the protection of God at the beginning of the psalm (vs 1-2). Then vs 3-5 make us careful in praying this prayer. Before praying such a prayer we must be sure that we are innocent, for it reads, "...if I have repaid my friend (the one at peace with me) with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it..."

In verse 12, we can see the desire that the enemy repent and be forgiven by God. However, there is the warning that without repentance the path leads to destruction. One commentary notes that in verses 14-16, "The sinner is described as taking more pains to ruin his soul than, if directed aright, would save it." That's scary and yet so true. I don't know how many times I've seen nonbelievers dig themselves further and further into their unbelief as though they are trying to not believe rather than trying to find the truth.

However, we can know that in the end, "God's purpose of justice will prevail." Praise the Lord!