Dont Envy Evildoers
Shall the imperial eagle, whose undazzled eye drinks in the splendours of a cloudless sun, envy the worm that never rose an inch beyond its native dust? Shall the sun itself envy the flickering rush-light which the feeblest breeze can extinguish? Shall the heaving ocean, bearing on its bosom the richest merchandise and reflecting from its deep blue eye the glories of the firmament, envy the little summer pool, which a passing cloud has poured into a foot-print? Psalm 37 was written by David when he was an old man (Ps.37:25). It gives us the wisdom of an aged man. He addresses a question that has plagued the people of God in every age and that question is why do the wicked seem to prosper while the righteous suffer? This same problem is a theme in Psalm 73 and the book of Job. Why do those who care nothing of God seem to prosper while the righteous suffer? Shouldn't the wicked have all the problems ...