Gods sovereign judgement

Ps 35 1" Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.2 Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.3 Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,8 may ruin overtake them by surprise-- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.10 My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."11 Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.12 They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn.13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,14 I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me without ceasing.16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me.17 O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you.19 Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.20 They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.21 They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."22 O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O Lord.23 Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me.25 Do not let them think, "Aha, just what we wanted!" or say, "We have swallowed him up."26 May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.27 May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant. 28 My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long."

In order for us to have a proper trust in Gods sovereignty we must confess that the value of His work gets weighted as we unify our image with the image of Christ. We pay the price of that value as we acknowledge that God alone is right in being the absolute judge of every man. We open our hands and give to God as we rise up to confess on our lips that God divides mankind in into two groups in order that He might bless some and judge the others. We show a lack of respect for God when we give value to mans work as an acceptable gift to God. When we blur the lines between blessing and cursing we devalue God. 

 This Psalm is teaching that our struggle with the Devil and his children are compared to a hand to hand fight with the enemy in war. 1 "Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me." God has saved us into a kingdom with perfect order. He has promised to uphold, work and complete His perfect kingdom work by covenanting with us. But man seeks to devalue God by reinterpreting His word. When man reinterprets Gods word he opposes Gods kingdom rule by speaking violence. The natural man seeks to redefine the world according to his own standard so that he can rule as god. 

Does God oppose the natural man by the work of second causes? Do we lower the standard of Gods word by giving man the authority of judgement in ruling this world? Does God require us to pay the price of value of His judgement as a prerequisite to acknowledging his sovereignty? If God is sovereign then He must be the only one who can be acceptable to judge man. If we believe that God's sovereignty is valuable then we pay the price when we speak to Him according to His standard of anger and judgement. Gods standard of judgement is the laws response to law breakers in the curse. Any time we we put our trust in threats that are lower than the absolute curse of God we deny that He is sovereign. We are saying that there is some other power that is able to prevent the birth and growth of evil. We lower God.