Psalms 140:9-13 CEB

Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused!

Let burning coals fall on them! 

Let them fall into deep pits and never get out again!

Let no slanderer be safe in the land. 

Let calamity hunt down violent people - and quickly!

I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.

Yes, 

the righteous will give thanks to your name, and those who do right will live in your presence.

Psalms 140:9-13 CEB

Justice.

David is like us in that we want things made right, and in the last part of his poem, his song he wants things put right. 

Interesting that he doesn't stop with just expressing the injustice that he is seeing or experiencing, but looks up, looks up to God's character and His heart for justice. 

In a world where we get bombarded with stories of injustice, when we feel powerless at the injustice we or others face, look up, and hold to what and who David held on to:

"I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.

Yes, 

the righteous will give thanks to your name, and those who do right will live in your presence."

We are part of a Bigger Story, one that includes a long chapter called "all things will be made new and every tear will be held"

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#onedayallwillbemadenew

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