Today’s reading is Psalm 75.
The shocks simply keep coming for me. As I shared last week, I’m completely stunned by the prayer of Psalm 74. I simply don’t understand how a worship leader in Israel could be so obtuse and ignorant of God’s prophetic warnings and declarations about the Babylonian captivity. That being said, I was completely comforted by God accepting that prayer. However, notice what happens this week.
As we’ve learned, while each psalm is its own literary unit, we can often see how the psalms link together to tell a story or provide some overarching line of thinking. We see that this week. If Psalm 74 is a prayer, Psalm 75 is God’s response.
Frankly, I think the psalmist of Psalm 74 ought to get a response something like the one Joshua received in Joshua 7:10ff. “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? Israel has sinned; they transgressed my covenant that I commanded them…” Instead, God responds to the questions about “How long?” by saying, “At the appointed time.” That is, “at the appropriate time.” He responds to the request to defeat the enemies with, “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off.” He responds to the requests to deliver the poor and needy with, “but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.”
WOW!
What comforts me the most is recognizing the difference between the prayer of Psalm 74 while being written as a prayer and how it is presented in the psalter. When the son of Asaph prayed and wrote Psalm 74, it was prayed as its own prayer. There is no indication God gave an audible answer or immediate response. Otherwise, we’d expect it to be included in Psalm 74 as happened, for example, in Psalm 12. However, God did have a response. We’re reading it this week.
When I pray, when you pray, God does not respond audibly. However, don’t doubt God responds. Don’t doubt God responds in the right way. Don’t doubt God responds in the best way.
Praise the Lord!
Tomorrow’s reading is Psalm 75.
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