Wednesday Bible Study: Imprecatory prayer for terrorism

In Psalm 69, the protagonist has for unspecified reasons become an outcast, so he begs God to destroy his enemies. Check out verse 22 et seq. While this is attributed to David, there isn ' t really any point in David ' s story that would correspond to this situation. But petitioning God to commit mass violence is a common theme in the psalms.To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David.69 Save me, O God!For the waters have come up to my neck.2 I sink in deep mire,    where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters,    and the flood sweeps over me.3 I am weary with my crying;    my throat is parched.My eyes grow dim    with waiting for my God.4 More in number than the hairs of my head    are those who hate me without cause;mighty are those who would destroy me,    those who attack me with lies.What I did not steal    must I now restore?5 O God, thou knowest my folly;    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.6 Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me,    O LordGod of hosts;let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me,    O God of Israel.7 For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach,    that shame has covered my face.8 I have become a stranger to my bret...
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