Reward of the Wicked (Poem)

Listen to the song, Reward of the Wicked here

Vengeance is Mine, thus says The Lord, livid!

You will see the reward of the wicked.

In due time, their foot will slip.

Of ill gains they will be stripped. ¹

The wicked think they’re getting away.

Oh no, one day they will have to pay.

Fully arrayed in their arrogant pride,

On that day, they will have no place to hide.

Caught in all the traps they themselves have set,

Before The Lord, t’will be their time to sweat.

Don’t be afraid or jealous of them.

It’s not your job, but His to condemn.

Snared by the works of their own hands,

They’ll find themselves in sinking sands.

They’ll soon find out what justice demands.

Vengeance is God’s, you must understand.

Trusting in hoards of ill-gotten loot,

Everything they touch they now pollute.

Weighed down by the necklace of their pride,

To the deepest of depths they will slide. ²

To them there is Grace, but for a season.

When Grace runs out, their judgment is certain. ³

Trust in God, and don’t be afraid,

‘Cause in His scales they will be weighed.       

On that dreadful day, they will not escape,

All the judgments The Lord for them has shaped.

Vengeance is God’s, surely He will repay,

And what He pays, to us He will display!

…You (the righteous in Christ) will see

the reward of the wicked.

(Psalm 91:8)
 
    (Reader, beware....Obadiah 12-15!)

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¹ These two promises echo across the pages of The Bible: Deuteronomy 32:35-43, Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30, Psalm 58:10 and 91:8, and Isaiah 1:24, 35:4, 47:3, 61:2, 63:4. Also see: Psalm 125:3.

² See: Psalm 73

³ Unless the wicked repent. See: Jeremiah 9:23-24