Singing Psalm 9 for comfort when oppressed
- Karen Wallace
- Apr 28, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: May 30, 2025
Singing Psalm 9 to ask for comfort when oppressed
Singing Psalm 9 brings you to ask the Lord to thwart the plans of those who would oppress people whom they consider less than themselves: the unborn, those who look different than they do, those with less education/money/opportunity, the elderly. You desire for them to be rescued, to have comfort when oppressed.
You implore God to break down the projects of those who would make/keep it legal to place their lust for power loving war or for sex making a mockery of marriage or for murder of those they find inconvenient to have around.
You seek for him to move them to use their power to defend the needs of the oppressed to help them find comfort when oppressed. You knock that he would inspire their minds to agree with God who created sex, that it would be a covenant expression of love between a man and a woman who are married to each other and a means of grace to bring about new life to love and care for.
You beckon the matchless triune God to help you point the oppressors to himself, that they would be saved from themselves, released from the clutches of the supernatural oppressor, Satan, and his ways of sin that lead to death.
You cry out that he would help them to see how they are nothing more than his puppets, ensnared and oppressed themselves. May they come out of hiding and turn that they too would have comfort when oppressed.
Singing Psalm 9 to wait for comfort when oppressed
You continue to beseech the LORD: ‘Is there anything good that you have created that we have not somehow twisted and turned to become an evil attempt to satisfy ourselves independent of you?’
There are far reaching consequences for wives who usurp their husbands’ authority and for husbands and all others who usurp God’s authority.
You entreat the Lord to please supply what he requires that you might fulfill his ways and honor him above all. You beg him to help his people not to take delight in anything that doesn’t please him, that they would rely on him for comfort when oppressed.
It seems as you wait that God has forgotten you.
Yet he draws you back to him in dependence. You trust he will provide you comfort when oppressed as you sing: ‘the cry of the poor never fades from his ear’ and ‘forgotten no longer the cause of the weak, nor perished forever the hope of the meek!’
You know that the everlasting joy of his presence will far outweigh the sufferings of this life. When you see every wrong made right, you will no longer need faith.
No one who puts his trust in the Lord will ultimately be oppressed. You thank him with all your heart that all who depend on him will be comforted at last and evermore.
“The Lord reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness
And judges the peoples with equity.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.“ ~ Psalm 9:7-10
Heart ♥️ reflection
January 12, 2025
“But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” ~ Matthew 5:39
Question: What are some possible ways one can be impacted when often called “stupid” for disagreeing with the name caller’s viewpoint?
Heart reflection:
It can be chalked up as ignorant and move one to have compassion on the person who is too harassed and helpless to stop lashing out.
It can be believed and cause a lack of confidence in the recipient of that label and a relational rift between the recipient and the name caller.
It can cause retaliation, imitation, or a combination or progression of the above two scenarios.
It can motivate the recipient of that label to learn, grow, seek meaning, and find the Lord who alone can bring joy, hope, forgiveness, and reconciliation out of relational sorrow.
It can be an impetus of conviction and repentance that changes the trajectory of the life of the name caller drawing him or her to Jesus who mercifully rescues us out of darkness and into light.
April 28, 2022
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The Psalms—Q&A
“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” ~ Ezekiel 33:10-11
How can singing Psalm 9 help me grow in my affection for God and in my connection with others?
Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.” Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight?” ~ 2 Samuel 12:5-9
What have I done that makes me culpable were it not for Jesus who put away my sin? How do I resemble the nations who “would not keep God in their thoughts?” ~ Psalm 9:17
Engage and grow together!
“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17
Friday, May 30, 2025
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