Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth, He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples equity.
--Psalm 98:8-9
As of this writing, the president of the United States is interviewing a number of candidates to replace a vacancy on the Supreme Court. His or her judicial qualifications will surely weigh in the decision, and, according to the president, he is looking for someone with a keen intellect and a practical outlook.
We already know something about the judge of which the psalmist writes. It is the Lord who needs to be interviewed by no one. There will be no judicial axe to grind or any "litmus test" as to what His judgments may be. The judgments, when they come, will be with righteousness and equity.
Righteousness and equity are the ways of our God. They came thundering from the cross and shining forth from the empty tomb. No wonder that the psalmist exhorts humanity and all creation to approach the future with a sense of joyous expectancy!
PD
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