Psalm 64

{1} Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
{2} Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

{3} Who whet their tongue like a sword,
and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
{4} That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

{5} They encourage themselves in an evil matter:
they commune of laying snares privily;
they say, Who shall see them?

{6} They search out iniquities;
they accomplish a diligent search:
both the inward thought of every one of them,
and the heart, is deep.

{7} But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
suddenly shall they be wounded.
{8} So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:
all that see them shall flee away.
{9} And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God;
for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

{10} The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;
and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Our Psalmist never calls names in this type of prayer, and I think it is a good example to follow. It is one of the “imprecatory” Psalms, so called because they call down God’s vengeance upon the wicked.

What comes to mind as I read this is the modern news media and some of the talking heads on television.

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