Oh let the wickedness of our ways come to an end, but establish justice! For the right-living, divinity trieth the hearts and emotions. My defense is from divinity which maketh whole the upright in heart. Yea, divinity judgeth the right! But, is divinity angry with the presence of wickedness every day? If wickedness turn not, thou wilt whet thy sword. Thou hast bent thy bow and made it ready. Thou hast also prepared the instruments of the death of wickedness, thou ordainest thy arrows against the persecuting spirit.
Text Notes
- In these meditative psalms, "wicked" (in the 1611KJV) is "wickedness", an abstract quality within us rather than "the other".
- And, the Psalms for Meditation understand the Psalmist to be asking, "is divinity angry" rather than stating"God is angry" as in the KJV1611. It is a question to sit with in our meditation of our divine center.
Reflection
In our text above, the opposite of wickedness is justice. What is my role in furthering justice in this society? Yes, I am made whole in divinity, but not as an end in itself. I want to be able to say with the Psalmist: wholeness leads to working for the death of wickedness, injustice, around me. The persecuting spirit must perish.
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