Do Not Forget the Oppressed

Friday, February 13, 2015
Psalm 10:12-18 KJV

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]. 14 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. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none. 16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) The psalmist has poured out his complaint against the wicked in previous verses of this psalm. What are the psalmist's three (3) petitions to the Lord? (v.12)
2) What does the psalmist accuse the wicked of doing? (v.13)
3) What does the psalmist believe about the Lord, the oppressed (helpless), and the wicked? Why? (v.14-18)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you ever suffered because of the misdeeds of the wicked? If so, what did you do about it?
5) Has it ever seemed that the Lord allowed the wicked to prevail in your life? If so,, please describe one such time.

LIFE LESSONS
6) The Lord may allow the ways of the wicked to prevail in our lives for a season, but never forever.
7) God often allows the wicked to oppress the humble to draw His people closer to Himself.
8) The Lord will always vindicate His people, in due time.