Evil presented to the Lord whose words are sure
Such is the general basis of the godly man's confidence and
walk; but they are not insensible to the evil, but can present it
to the Lord. This is the subject of Psalm 12, "Help, Jehovah, for
the godly man ceases." Jehovah will cut off the proud and
deceitful lips. It is the character of the wicked. He knows no
check, no bridle to his will — says, Who is lord over us? But it is
just for his oppression of the poor that Jehovah arises. God's
word, on which these had relied, and which promised help as the
necessary witness of Jehovah's character to which they looked, is a
sure and well-tried word. It will bear infallibly its promised
fruit. There is nothing deceitful in it. Jehovah will keep His poor
from the generation of the wicked. But the wicked have full scope
when the worthless are exalted on high.
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