"The Valley Floor"

"My defense is of God, which saveth the upright in heart." (Psalms 7:10) And then again, maybe David was making a request instead of asking a question! I don't know, but do you think there could be an internal struggle going on; and maybe, just maybe there is a coexistence taking place on a much smaller scale? "O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins." This would be something like Paul saying, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:1) And if you know what led up to the "therefore", then you should know it was the verses from 7:14 through 7:25, where Paul was speaking about 'Sin Lives in Me'; starting out with, "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin." The idea of what Paul is saying, is that the law is the influence upon our lives to do what is right before God; which speaks of our rational soul: as a part of man which is akin to God and serves as his instrument or organ. But, he then declares that he is carnal, meaning that he fleshly, and has the appetite to satisfy the flesh; being "sold under sin", which means, entirely under the control of the loving of sin. This is our inheritance passed down from our fathers; that which we were born into, and what we naturally are outside of Jesus Christ! In this realization of who we are outside of Christ, there is only one way that we can have an upright heart, and that is to get on our face before God!!! "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin." (Romans 7:24-25) To be abundantly clear, there is nothing we could do about our situation, because we were trapped in sin, yet bound by the law; and the only thing to possibly release us from this condemnation would be death of the flesh, which is that carnal part of us that feeds upon sin. Which Paul speaks about in Romans 8:8-10, "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." We could spend hours and hours going over the things that Paul speaks about here in the Book of Romans, but for now, I would like to understand what David is saying here in verse ten; because, if verse nine is a statement of that which is the internal struggles of the heart, then the later portion of that verse is very condemning; for it says, "for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins"; which then means, that there is no hope for our wicked hearts, because God proves them wicked. However; when David says, "but establish the just", he is speaking about those that are justified by God, being made secure; which means, to be established in what God has accomplished for us; or in David's case, what God would be doing on his behalf! With that; let me say this again: There is absolutely no way that we can have an upright heart without a contrite spirit; therefore, we must humble ourselves before a Holy God and beg for mercy; and He will lift us up!