My wife and I are reading through the Psalms in our evening reading and occasionally a nugget of the Psalms jumps out of the page. Don’t you love it when, after years of reading the “Old Book” passages become alive, reinforcing old teachings or simply warming your heart.

This is the book of Psalms, and it is rich.

I pray I can communicate a portion of the blessing we receive from this wonderful book.

Psalm 50:22-23

22 “Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! 23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

Two short verses to finish our time in the 50th Psalm

God is delivering His final judgement, and that is of a coming discipline, a coming trial. God speaks of a tearing apart. This term is often used in the Old Testament of the fate of one at the hand of a ravenous animal.

Exodus 22:13 If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.
Job 16:9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
Psalm 7:2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
Psalm 22:13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Jeremiah 5:6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.

The tearing apart is that of one being consumed, of being a true victim, of the end of a life. God does not mince words here, for there have been previous times where the nation or people of God were destined to be torn apart, but for the deliverance of God in their lives.

When God is tearing, there are none to deliver. How could there be, for the Lord is delivering His verdict, His judgement upon a thankless people, to a people who do not consider His guidance to be of any worth.

Even in His judgements, God offers hope. Offer thanksgiving for the privilege of knowing the eternal One. If you are not of a thankful spirit, it may be wise to examine yourself, to see if you are in the faith. How could one know God and be thankless? Bow the knee to Him, confess your rejection of His love and provision, seek to know Him through intentional acts, such as reading the Word, praying to the Father, fellowshipping with saints, and sharing what you find with other’s.

He who orders his way rightly will see the salvation of God.

Be thankful and order your lives according to His Word. And see the salvation of God in your life.

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