Psalm 35:10
10 All my bones [`etsem] shall say ['amar], LORD [Y@hovah], who is
like unto thee, which deliverest [natsal] the
poor [`aniy] from him that is too strong [chazaq] for him, yea, the poor [`aniy] and the needy ['ebyown]
from him that spoileth [gazal] him? KJV-Interlinear
10
All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him
who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” ESV
The bones often times
portray the frame or the structure of the whole person. Without the bones you would fall over, or
flop and have no support. So you need bones in order to have some underlying
support, foundation, structure, framework, in order to be able to function.
The whole of the person
asks, who is like God? Who is like the
savior? Who is like Christ?
The poor is symbolic and
lets us use language of accommodation, in order to understand the intent of the
verse.
The poor is often thought
of as those being economically poor.
That gives us a frame of reference.
However, God does more
than just looking after those who are money poor. Here the Bible emphasizes the poor in the spiritual
realm.
In this world, Satan would
take everything from us all. God places
emphasis on His family, and tries to bring all people into His family. But of course that always depends on the
attitude and willingness of people to believe in Christ.
But once having believed
in Christ, then you become, family of God.
The universe was created
for you. However, not being able to
inherit this universe, because Satan has undermined that possibility, then God
has set aside a new universe, of which we will all inherit.
But for now, we are poor
in that we will not obtain that which was originally created for us. It was stolen, as it were, away for us. That makes us poor. That likewise, brings a huge burden of weight
on our shoulders, under which we have to live our lives.
We will not realize the magnitude
of that burden, or the removal of that burden until we leave this world, and it
is lifted from us. But we all have to
live in this devils world, and we all have to endure various forms of burdens
that exist in our lives.
The world is greater than
us. But Christ is greater than the
world. Therefore Christ, lifts the
burdens in such a way that we can function with some semblance of normalcy in
our lives.
Without Christ, the world
would be too strong for us. It would rob
us continually. And, without Christ we would
be destitute forever, with no hope of any kind.
Therefore, reject Christ and
you have nothing. Ignore Christ and you
have nothing. Be indifferent to Christ
and you have nothing. And since Christ is
the written word, then having those same attitudes toward Bible doctrine will result
in your being and having nothing, as well.
Therefore, who is like
the Lord? No one, nothing. To ignore Christ means that you throw away
your only option or means of freeing yourself from this world.
