Praying for Justice As Objects of Mercy

What do we learn, as the Psalm turns from how the wicked have treated God's Messiah to how they have treated the needy and lowly? Psalm 109:16–21 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord's Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God vindicates His own Name in both the justness of His wrath and the freedom of His mercy.