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EPISODE · Dec 10, 2021 · 21 MIN

Psalm 35 B - Can we pray calling judgment on the wicked?

from Carefully Examining the Text · host Tommy Peeler

This Psalm calls down curses upon those who have opposed the Psalmist.See verses 1-8, 26.Sometimes we hear that these prayers were acceptable in the Old Testament but they are not acceptable today.In the OT God's people were encouraged to love their enemies- Exodus 23:4-5; Prov. 25:21-22.In the OT God's people were forbidden from taking personal vengeance- Proverbs 20:22; 24:29.In the NT we find God's people calling down curses upon the wicked- I Cor. 16:22; Galatians 1:8-9; 5:12; Rev. 6:9-10.In the NT we find rejoicing at the fall of evil and wicked people- Rev. 18:20; 19:1-6This is not an effort to eliminate Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 23:34, or Acts 7:59-60 from the Bible. It is an effort to say that prayers of judgement also have their place.These prayers show usThat evil is real- Isaiah 5:20- and that we must be outraged by evil- Psalm 119:104, 128, 163.These prayers do not encourage personal vengeance but they leave things in the hand of God- Psalm 35:13-14; II Timothy 4:14.The prayers are motivated by a desire that God be glorified- Psalm 58:11; 59:13.

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This Psalm calls down curses upon those who have opposed the Psalmist. See verses 1-8, 26. Sometimes we hear that these prayers were acceptable in the Old Testament but they are not acceptable today. In the OT God's people were encouraged to love their enemies- Exodus 23:4-5; Prov. 25:21-22. In the OT God's people were forbidden from taking personal vengeance- Proverbs 20:22; 24:29. In the NT we find God's people calling down curses upon the wicked- I Cor. 16:22; Galatians 1:8-9; 5:12; Rev. ...

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