DIVINE JUSTICE

Psalm 35

What are David's feelings while being relentlessly pursued ? He was very troubled about Saul's unsteady nature and asked himself why mankind is so ungrateful, hateful and cruel. He knew the good that should be done, but he was troubled by the seeming incomprehensibility of God's will. Even when given the opportunity, David realized that God didn't want him to kill his enemy Saul.

Even though he didn't understand God's will, he decided to obey.

At that moment, David prayed that his deliverance would be perfect and that divine right would establish justice. He prayed that enemies would not be lifted up, since it was contrary to divine justice. He didn't pray with a bitter heart, but rather, he prayed that divine justice would be revealed so that the name of God would be glorified.

Evil would not be punished by his hand, but by God's justice, so that the name of the Lord would be exalted. In this way, the whole earth would be filled with divine justice. God would surely grant justice to the unjustly persecuted. His justice would fill the whole earth ; with this conviction, David had true joy.