Grace is freedom

Ps 58 1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?

2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!

7 Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

8 Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel [the heat of] the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.

10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."

Out of all of the Psalms this Psalm is the most destructive in my opinion.  This Psalm is not really teaching us to rebel against authority. God has given us an ability to pronounce His absolute standard of governing. Our understanding of grace and ability to apply it is the only way that we will be able to live in true freedom. The truth is that grace is freedom and freedom is grace. No matter what institution we are talking about, unless it is motivated by grace it is the abusive exercise of authority. 

What we must understand is that because we are corrupted we are easily led to believe that second causes are always creating the circumstances in our world. Ive always said that the major problem that we confront is not how we describe our doctrinal positions or what we do in our practical lives to change our circumstances. But our problem is taking these scriptural principle and exaggerating one at the expense of another. In this sense all men are subject to applying the scripture with a false view that comes from their own imaginations. The Psalmist seeks to speak in absolute words that are describing authority from Gods view that is over all the earth. As the Psalmist applies these absolute pronouncements he is transformed in how he reasons as he applies the scripture to his practical life. 

In the Psalms we find there are two governments. There is Gods government and mans government. Gods government has been established in His eternal counsel by speaking every thing into existence. God has decreed whatsoever comes to pass. He has planned the beginning of time and to the end of time. In Gods government there is nothing that is able to thwart his power or create events that tilt the world into disorder. Everything that God does in creation and recreation is motivated by grace. God overcomes all opposition by expressing His perfect judgements in grace. 

The truth is that just because we are nicer and less judgmental than God does not mean that we are realistically bringing unity in our world. Gods view rises to the level of life and death because He cannot blur the line between His defensive posture and His will to end all destruction. If He were to judge inconsistently with His nature then He would cease to be the absolute ruler of the world. He would enforce a pragmatic way of ruling and uphold man as his own god. He would throw the whole world into chaos.But in Gods view He must render all second causes as powerless so the existence of hope and love would be found in His free exercise of blessing and cursing in order that man could rise above the institutions of this earth and dwell in grace and freedom. As God is trusted to reorder the world without opposition , He is building His case in which all things will be aligned with His judgments in His final recreation of all things.