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Psalms 10 — When the wicked flex and God seems silent
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nocap.bible editorialThis is a — one of the rawest, most honest prayers in the Bible. The psalmist looks around and sees wicked people winning, innocent people getting crushed, and God seemingly nowhere to be found.
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But this isn't a crisis of . It's a prayer born from faith. The psalmist isn't walking away — he's running toward God with his frustration, demanding that God act. And by the end, he gets there. Because the Lord is still King.
The psalm opens with the question every believer has asked at least once:
"Lord, why are You standing so far away? Why do You go silent right when everything falls apart?"
The wicked are out here chasing down the poor with zero . They're so arrogant they set traps for people and then brag about it. They flex on their own greed and curse the Lord while they're at it. They've written God off completely — every thought in their head says "There is no God."
When someone lives like God doesn't exist, they don't just ignore Him — they actively reject Him. That's not atheism as a philosophy. That's so deep it rewrites reality. 🧠
Here's what makes it so frustrating — the wicked person's life looks like it's going great:
"Everything he does seems to work out. God's Judgment is so far above him he can't even see it. He laughs at all his enemies. He tells himself, 'Nothing can touch me. I will never face consequences.'"
His mouth is full of lies, threats, and manipulation. Under his tongue? Mischief and , just waiting to come out. He talks like someone who's never been held accountable — and genuinely believes he never will be.
That's the thing about unchecked Evil — it starts to feel invincible. But "out of sight" is not the same as "nonexistent." God's isn't absent. It's just on high. 👑
Now the psalm gets darker. The wicked aren't just arrogant — they're predatory:
"He hides in the villages, stalking the innocent from the shadows. His eyes lock onto the helpless. He lurks like a lion in a thicket — waiting to seize the poor, dragging them into his net. The helpless are crushed, beaten down, overpowered."
And here's what he tells himself while doing it:
"God has forgotten. He's looked away. He will never see it."
That's the lie at the center of every act of injustice — the belief that no one is watching. That the vulnerable don't matter enough for God to notice. The psalmist sees it all, and he's had enough.
This is where the psalm turns from to . The psalmist isn't whispering anymore — he's calling on God to act:
"Arise, O Lord! Lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted."
"Why does the wicked person get to renounce You and think, 'You won't call me to account'? But You do see. You take note of every act of cruelty and pain — and You take it into Your own hands. The helpless entrust themselves to You. You have always been the helper of the fatherless."
"Break the power of the wicked. Hold their evil accountable until there's none left."
That line — "You do see" — is the turning point of the whole psalm. The psalmist went from "Why are You hiding?" to "You see everything." That's not a contradiction. That's faith wrestling through doubt and landing on truth. 💯
After all the pain, all the frustration, all the honest questions — the psalm lands here:
"The Lord is King forever and ever. The nations will perish from His land."
"O Lord, You hear the desire of the afflicted. You will strengthen their heart. You will listen — to bring Justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that no one on earth may cause terror anymore."
That's the final word. Not the wicked winning. Not God being silent. The final word is that God reigns, He hears, and He acts. The oppressor doesn't get the last chapter. The King does. 🫶