Psalms 109:11-20

If we look into the life of David who wrote this psalm there were many who were against him and even sought his life. There was a time when he was hunted by King Saul before he became king, but there were also those of the same kind even in his kingdom, and later even his own son sought to kill him and seize the kingdom. These are what we call imprecatory psalms where ill is wished upon an enemy of the writer of the psalm. Even though this was right in the Old Testament setting and may still be right in the seven years after the people of the church is caught up to be with Jesus it is not exactly right to the people of God now. We are told in our time by Jesus Himself to love our enemies and do good to those who despitefully use and persecute us. That is the difference for us under the grace of God and those under the law of Moses. This is not easy to do. Our tendency is to want to wish them harm. Who knows when we return good for evil that the conscience will be touched and we have a chance to win that person to faith in Jesus Christ.