Finally, a Psalm of restoration. Before, the Psalmist asked if God would do certain things. Or would stop doing certain things. Here, God has done those things. Fortunes restored, favor shown, iniquity forgiven...its all good here. But why? Why does God take the time he does? Or does he take his time. What is the amount of time between when contrite words are spoken, and when a contrite heart is broken? (That's a free one.) And even then, how long does God wait even after the heart is truely aligned to God's grace?
And grace it is. It is God who sets aside his anger and wrath. It isn't that God is convinced by any arguement or sacrifices or flowery speeches. Nothing is earned from God. Likewise, God earns nothing from man. Which is well and good that nothing transfers from man to God, only from God to man. God is unfailing love and salvation. Man is nothing but in need of those things.
But you have to listen to God. God demanded that people listen and walk in his ways, and this is how righteousness and peace were found.
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