Psalms 59:11 KJV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
The superscript for this Psalm reads, "To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him."
So this Psalm is not David's prayer against Gentile nations. These are the men of Israel under the leadership of King Saul.
And yet David calls them
mine enemies
workers of iniquity
bloody men
heathen and
wicked transgressors
Even those who claim the same spiritual heritage as we do can become terrible enemies in our battle to wholly follow the Lord.
However, as terrible as these names are David assigned the servants of Saul, he also prayed "Slay them not...." Though they deserved it and though in his flesh David may have even entertained the notion; in his spirit David knew that the answer was not their destruction but their conversion.
I doubt there is anyone we should ask God to slay. But there are countless number we ought to be asking God to "bring down" in the flesh so that they might come to follow the Lord as they ought.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
The superscript for this Psalm reads, "To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him."
So this Psalm is not David's prayer against Gentile nations. These are the men of Israel under the leadership of King Saul.
And yet David calls them
mine enemies
workers of iniquity
bloody men
heathen and
wicked transgressors
Even those who claim the same spiritual heritage as we do can become terrible enemies in our battle to wholly follow the Lord.
However, as terrible as these names are David assigned the servants of Saul, he also prayed "Slay them not...." Though they deserved it and though in his flesh David may have even entertained the notion; in his spirit David knew that the answer was not their destruction but their conversion.
I doubt there is anyone we should ask God to slay. But there are countless number we ought to be asking God to "bring down" in the flesh so that they might come to follow the Lord as they ought.
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