Sunday Sermonette: Right to life?

The RSV labels Psalm 58 " A prayer for vengeance. " Since that is an addition by modern translators, I don ' t include it here, but at least they ' re frank about it. There ' s no indication of what, specifically, has provoked this fantasy of gory torture and murder, but the writer (not actually David) was really pissed about something. Note that according to the Bible, the literal, inerrant word of God, God wants the unborn babies of the unrighteous to be aborted (verse 8). I ' m not sure what the " pots " are in verse 9, and I can ' t find an explanation. Note in verse 1 that there are multiple Gods. Evidently the ones who are not Yahweh are responsible for evil and violence, although as we have seen Yahweh is actually responsible for more than his share. An irony is the name of the tune to which this is set, Do Not Destroy, since obviously it calls for destruction.Psalm 59 is yet another which is attributed to the civil war between Saul and David -- here an incident in 1 Samuel 19 -- although it has no specific relevant content other than the idea that men are stalking the singer. The actual incident is as follows:9 Then an evil spirit from theLord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing the lyre.10 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped.11 That night Saul[a] sent messengers to David ’s house...
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