A psalm on the topic of "political correctness"
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear; Psa 58:1-4
...Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
...do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men (or, Sons of Adam)?
...ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth...
Here in this psalm is an apt description of today's so-called "political correctness": It is the "righteousness" of wicked men. It is like the poison of a serpent. Do they judge uprightly? Do they weigh the violence of the offense against the violence of its legal consequences?
Well, no. Of course not. Not in these days of "political correctness".
It now seems actually quaint or at least anachronistic to hear the old adage, "...let the punishment fit the crime." In today's political environment, it's almost impossible to see any evidence that such a philosophy had ever existed. In the heart of the modern liberal worldling is a cry for "a pound of flesh".
And it's not unfair to say, that's particularly true of today's "women's rights" proponents, and "advocates" of civil rights, in general. We went overboard with affirmative action, and now we're going further afield, with so-called "hate crimes" legislation, and mandatory sentencings.
It's now eminently fair to urge Christians to pray about the outright biases of so-called "justices" who ply injustices from within today's American judicial system.
David's perspective of justice here in psalm 58 was to apply the justice of God, hearing his individual verdicts with the heartfelt cry, "...thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done (in every matter), in earth, as it is in Heaven...".
The only way this can be done, is to be led by the Holy Spirit. Am I really advocating that? In fact, I am making supplication to God for it.
A similar point to this can be made from Psalm 119.
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