The Blessing
By William M. Self, Sr.
“Blessed are they who
maintain justice
who constantly do what
is right.”
Psalm 106:3
Blessed Are They Who Constantly Do
What is Right
Lady Justice depicts justice as equipped with three symbols:
·
A sword symbolizing the court's coercive power;
·
A human scale weighing competing claims in each
hand;
·
And a blindfold indicating impartiality.
Lady Justice is not an American idea.
Since the 15th century, Lady Justice has often
been depicted wearing
a blindfold.
The blindfold represents objectivity,
in that justice is or should be meted out objectively,
without fear or favor,
regardless of identity, money,
power, or weakness; blind justice and impartiality.
Psalms 106 says…
“Blessed are they who
maintain justice
who constantly do what
is right.”
The courts would not have to maintain justice
if we would constantly do what is right.
The history of God’s people in this Psalm points
out the problem they had with maintaining
justice and constantly do what is right…
“They gave no thought
to your miracles;
they did not remember
your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by
the sea, the Red Sea.”
We go to church on Sunday and hear a
positive message on the kindness of God.
But through the week as we
enter the real world,
we forget.
The scales of justice are weighed
by what we think is right.
The power of the sword cuts to our advantage…
And our prejudice bias looks down on others.
David said…
“Against you and you
only have I sinned.”
David realized the standard of Justice and what
is right must always be in the hands of God.
We must never forget what He has done.
So let’s get the blessing.
Let us “constantly do what is right”…
In God’s eyes.
Scripture Reading
Psalm
106:3-15 NIV
3 Blessed
are they who maintain justice,
who
constantly do what is right.
4 Remember
me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people,
come to my
aid when you save them,
5 that I may
enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may
share in the joy of your nation
and join
your inheritance in giving praise.
6 We have
sinned, even as our fathers did;
we have done
wrong and acted wickedly.
7 When our
fathers were in Egypt,
they gave no
thought to your miracles;
they did not
remember your many kindnesses,
and they
rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
8 Yet he
saved them for his name's sake,
to make his
mighty power known.
9 He rebuked
the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them
through the depths as through a desert.
10 He saved
them from the hand of the foe;
from the
hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11 The
waters covered their adversaries;
not one of
them survived.
12 Then they
believed his promises
and sang his
praise.
13 But they
soon forgot what he had done
and did not
wait for his counsel.
14 In the
desert they gave in to their craving;
in the
wasteland they put God to the test.
15 So he
gave them what they asked for,
but sent a
wasting disease upon them.
