Psalm 9
God gets a bad rep in the OT. You hear a lot of theories along the lines of, "He used to be this big, angry guy, but then Jesus came and he became loving." But I don't think it's that way at all.
There is an amazing amount of tenderness between David and God in this poem. An amazing amount of trust. Why? David's faith isn't blind, but he looks to past demonstrations of God's character. He finds strength in the grace and mercy he finds in God, and he finds protection in the justice God doles out against those who turn back from Him.
God's character encompasses all of these. It always has, and it always will. That's why David sings praise.
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