The Psalmist is carefully teaching that God judges every man. The exclusive way to miraculously escape Gods judgement is through imputed righteousness. But when God gave the eternal covenant of divine grace, His saints were required to amply demonstrate evidence by faithful obedience. And yet we are instructed that no man willingly complies with the moral standard that is required by the law to be acceptable. But if the saints were commanded to obey and nevertheless were incapable of amply satisfying the standard to be intrinsically righteous then to have confidence in human effort would be inconsistent with the genuine reality of the impossible standard of the law.
All communication can only be real when it rises up to the proper standard of the law. Anything that we comprehend, desire and act upon must be done in the broad context of the truth. This is impossible for a sinner to be in perfect alignment with genuine reality. God is the only one who rises up to the precise standard of the law and is able to accurately deliver absolute judgements. This is why God had to graciously provide the precise standard of the law by imputing His righteousness to us.
But simultaneously God required His people to recite an oath that they would obey the absolute law. And yet this oath is so often taken out of context. The Psalmist is not arguing he escapes the judgement of God for each sin in swearing to be obedient. The guilt here that he is describing is abandoning the faith. Throughout the Psalms we find the sin of the wicked is the same as doing violence to God and His saints. The violence is in the context of being at personal enmity with God. He is actually building a compelling case to move God to show fatherly kindness by upholding His promises in the eternal covenant.10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. You see the proof of imputed righteousness is soundly based upon our confidence of graciously receiving the blessing of God.
All sin is under the judgement of God in the sense that our
disobedience is under the scrutiny of God just as the wicked mans
disobedience. In comparing the sin of the wicked with his sin, he is promptly abandoning his sufficient confidence that he has fortunately escaped Gods judgement because of his own ability.He is clearly acknowledging he is a covenant keeper because he genuinely understands he is a sinner. The wicked man has been not gifted with this saving knowledge. These are respectively the reflexive pronouncements that adequately express a dependent seal upon our sacred oath. The Holy Spirit who is our outspoken advocate,"may your good Spirit.
Lead me on level ground.143 11 For your name's sake, O LORD , preserve my life;in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
Because the natural man is prejudiced to his own sin, he is at enmity with God and he is at war with Gods elect.143 6 Arise, O LORD , in your anger;rise up against the rage of my enemies.Awake, my God; decree justice. The Psalmist is actually upholding Gods Law by rehearsing what the law states about the wicked.7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you.Rule over them from on high; the wicked intentionally violates Gods peaceful kingdom and they rob God. Gods saints possess the generous gift of the accurate knowledge of their own sin credibly argue for God to show Himself faithful to His eternal covenant because they are defended from being condemned for sin as long as the wicked who are far worse are in the world opposing Gods people and His kingdom. Ps 143 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you."
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