Friday, April 1, 2011

Why are the Wicked Well? - a poem on Psalm 73

Why are the wicked well

Why are they not in hell

Why do they have no pain

Why do they always gain

How can they survive

Why do the boastful thrive

Have I obeyed in vain

And kept heart from stain

Is God just or not

Am I left to rot?


Now I see all straight

God will surely vindicate

His justice though delayed

Will find the wicked slayed

I’ve seen their end

Though they condescend

In a sudden crash

Their teeth will gnash

God will remove their place

From the human race

They cannot last

And will soon be past

Their foot will slip

They will lose their grip


I must not doubt

God will find them out

He is dreadfully provoked

His wrath is now stoked

While men do wrong

God is yet strong

Evil made to conform

His work to perform

In the cross I see

Death brings mercy

God indeed reigns

The I AM ordains

To God I belong

My portion and my song

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