Psalms 10:12

 Psalms 10:12 says, Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.  David asked God to arise and to not forget the humble.  As Christians, we are to be humble people and we have God's promise that He will never forget us.  Verse thirteen adds, Whereforte doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.  David said the wicked deny God's authority and power.  Those who say that there is no God or that He is just One of many and of limited power will one day realize how wrong they were.  Still, there will always be more people who deny God than who accept Him and the salvation that He freely provides.  Verse fourteen states, Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.  David said that God had seen the evil in the world, and again spoke about the mistreatment of the poor.  He said God had committed Himself to help the poor and the fatherless.  We as followers of Christ are called on to help the poor and needy and the fatherless.  We are not called to judge them but to help them.  Verse fifteen adds, Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.  David called on God to defeat the wicked and to search them out until there were none.  Though God is at work in the world today and does hold people accountable for their evil ways, until the return of Christ at God's judgment day, evil people will always exist.  Verse sixteen declares, The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. David declared the eternal nature of God.  God is the everlasting King, and those that oppose Him will ultimately be destroyed.  The only way to avoid God's destruction is by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Just as God is the everlasting God, so will the punishment of those who do not put their faith in Him be everlasting.  Verse seventeen adds, LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:  David said that God had heard the humble.  We can never go to God full of self pride and making demands, but must always go to Him with humble hearts.  Verse eighteen concludes, To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.  David again asks God to help the fatherless and the oppressed so that they would no longer be oppressed.  As God's people in the world today, we need to be active in helping the less fortunate, and we certainly should never be guilty of mistreating them.