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The Psalmist is troubled by all the evildoers around him. The gods and the wicked are blocking God’s supremacy in the world and distorting his image. Yet, he is confident that the upright will ultimately succeed. For there is a God, and he alone rules and knows whom and how to judge. Let us not be burdened by such people because Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30 invites us by saying, ‘Come to me’… and ‘My yoke is good, and my burden is light.’
We cannot ignore Evil. It exists only because human beings are willing to commit atrocities. What can we do? We express our prayers without fear of our passions. We ask the just God to intervene. The expression of anger is not incompatible with Jesus (cf. Mk 3:5). This psalm can nourish our hunger for justice. It is not anti-Christian as long as the beatitude of those who hunger and thirst for justice remains.

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