“Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked,
from men by your hand, O YHWH, from men of this world.
Their share is in this life, and you fill their stomach with your treasure.
They are satisfied with children.
They bequeath their excess to their children.
By contrast, i in righteousness shall see your face.
Upon awakening i will be satisfied seeing your form.”
It’s a question of values. It’s a question of desire. The wicked seek life only here. They seek only what they can see and touch and taste now. They heap up what they can and when it finally occurs to them that they will die anyway, they try to assuage their fear with children. With the idea that whatever they heap up and don’t consume themselves, they will leave to their sons and daughters. They call that a legacy and they are satisfied with it. With the temporary.
The righteous on the other hand cannot be satisfied with such things. They are discontent. They are thankful to have them but they are not satisfied with them. The righteous can only be satisfied with what they were made for. God himself.
Stay discontented my friends.
Stay discontented my friends.
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