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Psalms

Imprecatory Psalm. Imprecate ~ to wish harm upon; to invoke evil upon. Psalms. a free CD will be available following the service. 35-37. Lack an understanding of New Testament love?.

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Psalms

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  1. Imprecatory Psalm • Imprecate ~ to wish harm upon; to invoke evil upon Psalms a free CD will be available following the service 35-37

  2. Lack an understanding of New Testament love? • Lev. 19:18 ~ You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. Psalms Prov. 24:17 ~ Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles… 35-37

  3. Were they in the flesh? • The Psalms are not historical narratives (e.g. 2 Sam. 1) but lyrical poetry Psalms 35-37

  4. Not calling for doom but predicting it? • Most Hebrew scholars say the grammar does not allow for this Psalms 35-37

  5. Use of hyperbole (purposeful exaggeration for effect) is common • Ps. 6:6 ~ I am weary with my groaning; • All night I make my bed swim; • I drench my couch with my tears. Psalms 35-37

  6. Lack of personal vendetta is common element • Ps. 109:16-18 ~ 16 Because he did not remember to show mercy, • But persecuted the poor and needy man, • That he might even slay the broken in heart. • 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; • As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. • 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, • So let it enter his body like water, • And like oil into his bones. Psalms 35-37

  7. Imprecations are not foreign to the New Testament • Jesus pronounced "Woes" on Bethsaida, Chorazin and Capernaum (Matt. 11:20-24) Psalms • And the scribes and the Pharisees (Matt. 23:13-29) • 1 Cor. 16:22 ~ If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed … (anathema) 35-37

  8. Rev. 10:8-10 ~ 8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.” 9 So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. Psalms 35-37

  9. “There is a kind of hate for the sinner (viewed as morally corrupt and hostile to God) that may coexist with pity and even a desire for their salvation... [T]hat there comes a point of such extended, hardened, high-handed lovelessness toward God that it may be appropriate to call down anathema on it.” – John Piper Psalms 35-37

  10. Rev. 6:10 ~ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Psalms 35-37

  11. NIV ~ my prayers returned to me unanswered… Psalms 35-37

  12. NASB ~ Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart… Psalms 35-37

  13. Fullness of Your house~ KJV, of Thy house fatness phatness Psalms 35-37

  14. Phil. 2:12-13 ~ 12Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Psalms 35-37

  15. Splendor of the meadows~ KJV, fat of lambs Psalms 35-37

  16. Justice ~ not judgment (as in KJV) Psalms 35-37

  17. Jer. 31:33 ~ But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people Psalms 35-37

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