“The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity” (v. 8).

It’s a critical intersection for us in the faith.

God is genuinely, authoritatively, and rightly the Judge of the whole earth…and we will be judged.

David’s prayer—that God might judge him (and everyone) according to his own righteousness and integrity—is only minimally comforting. I know my own integrity, my own righteousness—or, more accurately, my tragic lapses in both. I read this, and I am comforted by God’s own character, but I know that my only hope—my only standing—is that of Another.

Don’t discount the judgmental authority of the righteous God—and revel anew in the mercy of Christ, who stands at the intersection for you.

— Tyler