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Upon reading
this psalm, I felt a great wrestle within me.
I don’t really care for it. I
know it is a part of God’s Word and therefore it should be respected as
such. Yet at the same time I am not sure
how I feel about an author of God’s Word actively calling upon God’s wrath
against His opponents.
Don’t get me
wrong. I understand the human
emotion. There is a lesson to be learned
here. David gets it. God gets it.
Sometimes humans find themselves persecuted and we want those who
persecute us to get what they deserve.
That’s human. It’s part of who we
are.
I also
believe that God calls us above it. God
is a God of forgiveness. God is a God of
repentance. He is a God of turning the
other cheek. He is a God of giving a
second tunic the person who takes our first one. God is grace, love, and mercy. That’s God; that’s what makes Him different
than us.
If there is
any saving grace here, it is that the psalmist does call upon God to act and
doesn’t take it upon himself. While the
psalmist does expose his darker inner being, at least he doesn’t act upon
it. He does call upon God to act, but He
lets the action be up to God. It’s not, much, but it may also be the most
important part. We can’t help the humanity
that we feel inside, but we can help how that humanity comes out. Maybe the psalmist has it figured out after
all.
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