Daily Word

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws them to his net. Psalm 10:7-9. Sins of speech are the focus here these verses. Paul alluded to this in Romans 3:14 when he wrote that “no one was righteous”. The metaphor (sits in ambush) of the wicked in ambush is well known from proverbs 1:11…If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush innocent blood without reason”. The wicked prefer to work in darkness (stealthy), not in the light. The wicked is portrayed here as a hunter of the helpless. When was the last time you considered the “sins” of your speech? How often do we say things without thinking the consequences of our words through, and what the effect might have on those around us? The verses above speak of the wicked and are intentional. How much deeper the pain inflicted by ne seen as believer…