Perhaps we have all had the thoughts that are opened to us in this Psalm.
V.1 It is true that God is good to those who are of a clean heart. He loves to bless, but we sometimes hinder His blessings by our own careless ways.
V.2-16 The writer watches the ungodly to see how they get along. They are healthy and they prosper and don’t even seem to have as many troubles as believers often have. This was so hard to understand. The more he looked around, the more puzzled he became. But he had not been looking in the right place.
V.17 But when he gets into the presence of the Lord, he gets the answer. The awful end of the wicked is so terrible that their little time of prosperity seems as nothing.
V.22 He admits he had been foolish to envy the wicked. But perhaps we have all done the same thing. Let us look up then, and remember that our future is to be in the glorious presence of the Lord Jesus, no matter what our present troubles may be.
V.25 The Lord will be the joy of our hearts in heaven and it surely should be true of us now for He is well able to fill our hearts with joy on the way home.
V.28 Let us then draw near to the Lord, and trust in Him then our testimony will follow.