Vindicated.
That's the word I'd use to describe what the psalmist wants God to be. I agree with him. It really does seem like more and more, bad people are getting away with stuff. It seems injustice in all corners of the world is on the rise. We believers in Christ keep saying that "God is good." "God is just." "God will take care of us."
But the world doesn't see it.
David has, and that's why he recognizes and praises God for His justice and mercy- on the righteous. And that's why I listen to David, but get super irritated with the 'sunshine and rainbows God' of a lot of Christians. They say those things above, but it comes across as more of a "Well, this is what I think He is, though I've never been tested and tried enough to see it for real." I listen to David because he balances his unbounded optimism with realism. He recognizes there are going to be bad times, he's been in them. And because he has seen God's rescue, God's justice on his enemies first hand, David can offer a hope founded in personal experience.
David shares his failures as openly as his victories, it's why his "God is good" doesn't ring hollow. There is something for us all there to learn.
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