In Psalms 108, David sings that God's steadfast love is great and higher than the heavens.
I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let your glory be over all the earth. - Ps. 108:3-5 NIV
God's steadfast and great love is something that not even David can completely comprehend. He sees glimpses of it, but not the entirety. In Psalms 109, David is lamenting that the wicked are arrayed against him and he asks God that they receive the punishment that they deserve.
May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. - Ps. 109:8-13 NIV
But in Psalms 107, David reveals that he has also seen how God answers those who wandered in desert wastelands, those who sat in darkness and deepest gloom, those who were fools through their rebellious ways and those who cried for help in the depths of the storm.
It's difficult for us to conceive sometimes that the wicked are wandering in desert wastelands or sitting in the dark. Too often it looks like they are on top of the world. But, no matter what the outward appearance is, God knows the depths of their despair and his great love will reach out to any who call on him. His steadfast love is great. His love endures forever.
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