The Trial (verses 3-7)
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Because God cares for the
cause of the weak and the rights of the poor, we too must protect marginalized
people: the poor, the oppressed, and those without family support. Many within
our wealthy society find it easy to protect the interests of the wealthy. They reject
God who holds them accountable for their self-aggrandizement at the expense of
His order. Because of blindness to justice our society has no stability. When our
dispensers of law have dispensed with justice, our society becomes unhinged. God,
however, condemns any way of life that is inconsistent with His concern for
justice and morality. The leaders in our society have woefully abused their God-given
authority. In the end their honor and power will die with them.
God of Justice, vindicate the weak and
fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute. Deliver them out of the
hand of the wicked. Help us, Lord our God, to uphold the cause of the poor and
the oppressed. Help us to rescue the weak and the needy and deliver them from
the hand of the wicked. Thank You that even as the foundations of our earth are
shaken, as children of the Most High we can stand firm.
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