A Cheerful Heart is Good Medicine

Let’s start in with verse 15:

15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
both are detestable to the Lord.

There are few things in life more difficult than to see justice perverted in the courts of law, and yet it is all too prevalent in the courts around the world. I personally experienced this situation when a friend was wrongly accused on two different issues near the same time and was placed in the county jail with no warning. He did not have money to post bail so he remained there for 18 months while his case went through the process during which the prosecutor continually tried to force a plea bargain on him for something he was innocent. He persevered and finally had his ‘day(s) in court’ and was completely exonerated by a jury of his peers. I visited him weekly during this time so it became very real to me also. While justice was finally served, and my friend was freed, it was a trying 18 month period. I certainly understand better why this type of practice is detestable to God.