A Profile of the Wicked, Pt. 2

We saw a lengthy profile of the wicked last week in the first part of Ps 10. This psalm describes the behavior, thought process, and motivations of the wicked. We also saw the implicit warnings not to be weak and undernourished in your Christian life, because the wicked especially prey on the weak and the needy by drawing them into their net — i.e., by leading them into temptation. As we saw last week, being a well-fed and godly Christian does not prevent the attacks of the wicked, but it certainly gives you a greater ability to resist them. And our psalm ends with a request to the LORD to confiscate one of the most powerful weapons in the enemy's arsenal. I'm speaking, of course, about the weapon of Fear. Our text this evening begins with a prayer against the evil of the wicked, which we saw described last time. It then moves to a presentation of the problem of evil, and describes prayer to the God who can and does solve the problem, and then some more about why and how He is able to solve the problem of evil. Again, the lesson here is that to pray like our king for deliverance from evil is our best defense against it.