August 31, 2009
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A prayer
I am at least as forgiving as King David and he was a man after God’s own heart.O God, whom I praise,
do not remain silent,for wicked and deceitful men
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me without cause.In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.Appoint an evil man to oppose him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him.May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.May his children be wandering beggars;
may they be driven from their ruined homes.May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.May their sins always remain before the LORD,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come on him;
he found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.Oh course being as forgiving as King David is up there with, I’m not so bad, I have not murdered as many people as Ted Bundy.
Comments (19)
King David also bought his way into the royal family with a dowry of 200 Philistine foreskins, and when he fell out of favor with the government, served as a mercenary for the Philistines.
Definitely one of my biblical heroes.
looking for your humanity?
@apyus - Always
oh boy…
forgiveness is hardbut neccessary
@SirNickDon - One of the things commonly missed in the scriptures is the very real way people are portrayed. Heroes in the bible are real not prefect stylizes creatures of myth. No they are real, imperfect, often troubled, and lacking in faith at times.
@Smichy420 - Emphasis on the hard part
@trunthepaige - yeah i feel that, what do you think forgiveness entitles?
@trunthepaige - I think it’s because we tend to learn the Bible stories from Sunday school classes, Christian radio and therapeutic Christian fiction, instead of reading it. It’s so beautiful and revolting and shocking. I hate that we miss so much of it.
@Smichy420 - Giving it to God and letting it go.
@Smichy420 - @trunthepaige - yeah i feel that, what do you think forgiveness entitles?
It requires repentance. Luke 17:3-4
Forgiveness is very difficult…at least I think it is…about 9 times out of 10. :
one of the points of witness when I was having an honest conversation on faith, I told a man that pretty much every biblical figure aside from the messiah, was a major fuck up.
Forgiveness is necessary so you can grow as a person, methinks.
70×7
Yeah. I just can’t say anything nice about King David. The Psalms and the whole era of David is one reason I advise beginners to avoid reading the Old Testament.
Forgiveness… skip a bit, sister.
Unforgiving or paying the wage earned? David isn’t telling us what he’s going to do. He’s appealing to God for His intervention. Forgiveness doesn’t change people, repentance (which is receiving forgiveness) changes people. Judgment comes when the person being judged has refused God’s working in his/her life. The question begged isn’t, “Is David judgmental,” but rather, “Is the person, David calls judgment down upon, reprobate? (chosen incapacity for repentance).
i disagree that forgiveness is hard. it’s a choice, nothing more. i can CHOOSE to forgive someone and then act on it by NOT bringing it up every conversation and by realizing i too am guilty at times and am no better than anyone else.
Hey, St Francis was a former convict and St Paul was a murderer. They fucked up yet they redeemed themselves in the end.
God is also known to be cranky at times. LOL
Forgiveness is never easy, but if God is forgiving, why not us?
Hope you’re doing good. Chin up, girl.
Those people of the Confederation of the TwelveTribes tried to make me out to be like
Phillip Garrido. Because they did, I got to experience a little of this psalm. Unworthy and still furious. Hell i didn’t stalk 16 year old girls when i was sixteen.