Psalm 58 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 58.

Meditate on verses 10-11.

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;

he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

And men will say, “Surely there is reward for the righteous;

surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

Psalm 58 is a disturbing, violent psalm.  As you read it, you may have questions to ask your LORD about wicked people and the nature of God.  You may want to read more about the coming wrath and judgment of God on sinful, evil people.  Revelation 14 is a good cross-reference to Psalm 58. 

So the angel swung his sickle to the earth

and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth

 and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 

And the wine press was trodden outside the city,

and blood came out from the wine press,

 up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

—Revelation 14:19-20

Psalm 58 is also a great reminder to pray for those you know who do not have a relationship with the LORD Jesus Christ and to beg God to choose them for the sake of His salvation.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you,

 that you would go and bear fruit and that your fruit would remain,

 so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you.

—John 15:16

David asked God to shatter the teeth of the evil people around him (Psalm 58:6).  There are some wicked people in the world right now that you may want to ask God to make them “like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun” (Psalm 58:8).

You may want to ask God to make those evil people righteous people.  As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), pray Psalm 58:11 over them.

“Surely You are the God who judges the earth! 

Make _________ righteous, so there will be a reward for them.

You are the reward, Jesus, in whose name I pray~”