Psalms 94:1

Psalms 94:1 says, O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.  The people of Israel were being oppressed, and they appealed to God as the only One to whom vengeance belongs.  Even if we are wronged in the world, we are not to act out of vengeance.  Verse two adds, Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.  Of course, God never has to lift Himself up, as He is always above His creation.  Verse three states, LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?  We today are not the first to feel as though the wicked seem to be triumphing, though they really aren't.  Verse four adds, How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?  Again, it may seem that this is the situation again today, when the wicked seem to boast about themselves.  Verse five continues,  They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.  There is a movement today throughout the world it seems, as there was then, to deny the authority of God and to tear down His traditions, which are built on His laws.  Verse six concludes, They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.  The weaker have always been exploited by the stronger, and this is still true today.  We as followers of Christ must do everything we can to help them instead.  Verse seven declares, Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.  The psalmist said that those who were treating others unfairly claimed that God would never react against those who deny His authority.  Verse eight adds, Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?  The question was asked then and still applies today as to when the brutish and the fools would become wise, which can only happen through acknowledging God.  Verse nine asks, He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?  The answer to the question of whether or not the God Who created everything would hear and see what was going on in the world, and the answer is yes.  God is not a distant and uninvolved God, but He is active in the world today.  Verse ten continues, He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?  God does stand ready to correct people and teach them real knowledge, which comes by first accepting the knowledge that salvation is only possible through faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse eleven states, The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.  The thoughts of people, those that are not founded on faith in God, are indeed vanity, or worth nothing.