Psalm 119:113-128
Psalm 119, Day 8. I’m on a bit of a kick where I see items repeated. Two days ago it was affliction; yesterday it was knowledge/understanding. Today it’s evildoers, the “wicked of the earth” (Ps. 119:115,118,119,126). Notice that it’s not the psalmist’s oppressors from Ps. 119:121,122; it’s very simply those who have broken God’s Law. Now we can quickly climb ourselves into that boat – we are all sinners (Romans 3:23). But I think the psalmist is referring to those habitual evildoers – I’m having a hard time describing them, so I’ll let Paul (the Apostle) take it from here:
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Romans 1:18-25
Yeah, that’s who I think the psalmist has in mind as evildoers and the “wicked of the earth”. Don’t go there!