We have now come to a songbook of Asaph songs, meaning ones written by the great song leader and also by his descendants. This one tells the story of the writer almost losing his faith because it seems the wicked are better off than the righteous. Doubts and questions are one thing, but this writer confesses that he let them take him all the way to bitterness. Then what happened? What was it that turned his heart around? What does he believe now, and what does he see the results will be?

This writer sees God as working through the outcome of a battle to see that the right side wins. Which side does he see as “the right side”? We tend to think in terms of “us vs. them.” We are clearly the right side; they are clearly the wrong side. But look at your study verses. Who did God rise up to save? How can you help in this work?