David looks at society and his unassuming life and asks two grievous life questions, “Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” Repeating too often it seems, God does not seem to see me in my time of trouble for I am not happy, do not have what I want, and have that which I do not want. Nothing seems to heal the troubled soul. The tears flow till the well dries up. The soul empties till the body is numb. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
David, thinking of the wicked in society adds to the belief that God does not see, does not care, and does not get involved. The wicked are arrogant, boastful, proud of their evil ways, haughty, lie, distaining, and self-assured. They feed by stealing from the lowly and the weak. He reviles God. In all his thoughts there is no room for God. The wicked prosper. They are the rich and powerful. The famed and celebrated. Others want to be in their life till they are consumed by the wicked and left for dead. They are secret murderers. “He says to himself, ‘God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees.'” And David is tempted to agree with the wicked.
Whose soul does not ask these questions? All souls must deliberate on such queries for them to be purified. The conclusion is the determining factor. One of two belief are birthed in David’s hole in the ground and on Job’s ash heap; faith in or disdain and disbelief in God.
“Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness… But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:14-15)
