People tend to ignore problems, until they get really bad.  Or, in our case, really, really bad.  Once actual suffering sets in, hearts change, and people gather together.  On September 12th, thousands of American citizens descended on the capital with signs protesting governmental take-over of free market enterprises, radical and unnecessary spending of (non-existent) American monies, and increasing taxes.  In order for improvements to take place in our country, reform is absolutely necessary.  My father has always said, "Change is good!" - to which, since my conversion to Christ, I have always replied, "Only good change is good."  Hitler changed the world, too.  And let's not forget his popularity with the people, and his very well-honed and charismatic speech methods. 
   Everyday, when I sign into my mail account, I'm greeted with news headlines as provided by "Yahoo!"  Thousands of American citizens gathered in Washington, D.C., and Yahoo doesn't have a single word to say about it.  Instead, I read headlines like "Obama expects passage of 'good health care bill'", and "Obama warns against scare tactics over healthcare" complete with a pictures to influence the subconscious.
     

Commit your way to the LORD
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
He shall bring forth your
  righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

   In studying these verses, something seems a bit off here in the first verse of this phrase -- unless, of course, we connect it with the intended thought.  Let me illustrate what I mean:

   Commit your way to the LORD
   Trust also in Him,
   And He shall bring it to pass.

   What is it exactly that this verse is saying?  What shall He bring to pass?  The end of this verse - that is, the promised "it" - is best understood when the reader considers the promises that surround it fore and aft.  That is, previously the Lord's promise was to give you the desires of your heart.  And afterward His conditional promise was to bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.  Are these two connected?  I should say they certainly are. 
   When the Lord promises to give you the desires of your heart, I think there is a twofold meaning here.  He is promising to firstly give us godly desires, and then He is promising to fulfill them.  If He only meant to give us what we'd like to have, the verse might be rendered "grant you the desires of your heart."  But instead, God seems to be promising that He will cleanse us of our unrighteous desires when we delight in Him, and give us godly desires, which He will fulfill by His grace.  Some of those godly desires ought to be what is described in verse 6: bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. 
   If we commit our way to the Lord, then our justice ought to be a good justice.  An opposing example would be justice for the sins of a murderer - since justice for him would be death, we can all assume that he wants to avoid justice at all costs.  But justice for the righteous man - that man who has followed God's law - is good. 
   In the previous Psalm, the unregenerate man is described in great detail:

   There is no fear of God before his eyes.
   For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
   When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
   The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
   He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
   He devises wickedness on his bed;
   He sets himself in a way that is not good;
   He does not abhor evil.  ---Psalm 36:1-4

This describes every man who has not been reborn by the Grace of God.   But in great contrast to the wicked man is the man who delights in and imitates the LORD whose faithfulness reaches to the clouds.  Therefore those who trust in God are given godly desires, given righteousness, and given justice - such are God's gifts to His children. 
   Over the years of my Christian life, I have made a mistake in my thinking - that is, that God will give me righteousness so that I can walk righteously.  However, this Psalm is a good example of how God's thoughts are not my thoughts.  He says that the requirements of receiving righteousness is to first Trust in the LORD and do good; to Delight in the LORD;  to Commit your way to the LORD.  This understanding lines up perfectly with Proverbs 16:3 -

Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.

   Such a verse seems to go completely against logic.  Don't my thoughts need to be established first?  Don't I need to be righteous before I can walk righteously?  Don't I need great knowledge and wisdom before I can walk in virtue?  But no - God says - trust Me, and do My works, and I will establish the inward man as part of your reward.  And such is for His glory.  If our righteousness is to be brought forth as the light, then all will see it - therefore it makes sense that such is the reward of him who commits his ways to God; God would not have a man who walks wickedly or slackly shine forth His righteousness as the light. We are to let our light so shine before men, so that they may see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. 
We are called to imitate His works, and He in return makes us to be more like His Son in the inward man.