Covenant Reformed News – November 2010 • Volume XIII, Issue 7
This article provides a Reformed theological exposition of Psalms 9 and 10, emphasizing God's righteous judgment of the wicked and the comfort this brings to believers. The author argues that understanding God's sovereign condemnation of the reprobate is essential to grasping why the elect joyfully pray for and worship the Lord's justice, connecting themes of election, reprobation, and final judgment.
Psalms 9 and 10 on Uncommon Grace Psalm 9 answers the question, What will happen to the (reprobate) wicked? What will Jehovah do to them? “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” (17; cf. 3b, 5, 15). The psalmist affirms repeatedly that this is justice, divine justice: “thou satest in the throne judging right” (4b; cf. 7-8). David declares, “The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth” (16a). The believer’s saving knowledge of God includes knowing...