The Prayer for social unity.

Ps 10

1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off ? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

5 His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.

6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.

9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."

12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

13 Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?

14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.

17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. 

This Psalm is addressing the breakdown down in society. God has ordered and established all societies by a definite communication. God rules through His spoken word by opposing evil and bringing all those who scheme against His government to judgement. When God created the earth He established a fellowship with man and gave man rule over the earth. Everything that man communicated was in perfect harmony with all that God had created. But when man fell into sin he became his own god and began to scheme against Gods order by scheming against God and his neighbor. 

God created the all things by the word of His mouth. He not only spoke creation into existence but He also explained how all things work in perfect harmony with His purposes. When man fell into sin God provided redemption. Now listen all men are born in sin and go astray. And because all men go astray they become guilty of scheming against the way that God creates harmony. But God has determined to save some men. When a man is saved even tho he is still a sinner and is guilty of leading other men astray by his sin, he is no longer on his own. Now the child of God is represented by God. This means that God views His children not as rebels scheming against His authority but He pities His children. When a person is saved he goes from the road of being cursed to the path of blessing in which God reorders all of the times when the saint strays, sins, and suffers wrongs. 

Gods perfect communication is His complete description of everything working in perfect harmony. Because of sin all men are guilty of attempting to change Gods word and explain a world that in which they are god. God views anything that does not measure up to His standard as a communication of destruction. Man seeks to destroy God and his neighbor. This is what the Psalms describe as" scheming. "This is why all men are hopeless without receiving Gods implanted word...a desire to think thoughts after God. 

God has established His word by opposing sin and the destruction as a result of sin. Every man born in sin is destined to be judged. This is the path of cursing. Every man who is saved is destined for eternal life. This is the path of blessing. God scrutinizes every thought of man. All men ..saved and unsaved cannot go back and create the unity that they destroyed by their false communication/ But God has established unity by doing the work necessary to redeem that unity that His people are guilty of opposing by their communication. God has done all the work to reestablish His kingdom on the earth through His people who enjoy His kingdom in them.  

But the wicked from the beginning of time have created a culture through their thoughts and words that hold men under their power. This psalm is a prayer for God to undue all of the schemes that have caused harm to His people bring them to account and reestablish order in His kingdom. We are responsible to speak Gods thoughts after Him through , mediation, prayer and public worship. This prayer by the Psalmist is that the kingdom that dwells in Gods people will be united with the reordering of this world. If all the saints spoke this Psalm in prayer we would see a return to the old days. This is the prayer to reorder the society and bring life back in place of what has been destroyed.