I have heard all my life that we have guardian angels watching over us. In this psalm, Asaph hints that this is true. “God presides over heaven’s court. He pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings: ‘How long will you hand down unjust decisions by favoring the wicked’?” Do angels have the power to influence Christians and maybe non-Christians to do what is right?
Or, maybe as some believe, God was actually using this as a figure of speech method to get the attention of people in places of power like judges and other government officials to provide justice to those who come before them. You may remember that when the Jewish leaders were threatening to stone Him, Jesus quoted to them “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.” (John 10:34-36). There have always been people in authority who have made bad decisions because of bribes, influence or personal philosophy. God demands justice for all people when they need help.
Then, what about us? Are we concerned for the poor, the downtrodden, and others? I have regrets when I didn’t help specific people that God told me to help. I have also had the joy of helping others when God spoke to me. Sometimes it is difficult to know who to help because so many people who ask for help want money for drugs or alcohol. We need to be open to that “still small voice” of God that will show us who to help and what to do,.