David was on the run. He had been anointed King by Samuel the Prophet at the command of God, but there was another man on the throne, Saul, who was also King, and his hatred of David ran very deep. The older Saul would kill the younger man if he could, but David would not allow his men to harm "God's anointed" (Saul) . David would be Saul's friend if it was allowed, but Saul would betray David, any way he could. In our Psalm (109) , the key issue is betrayal. David had loyal followers, but he also had a friend who turned against him, and the very likely betrayer was Saul.

The difficulty in understanding such Scriptures as Psalm 109, is a failure to comprehend the heart of men like David. He was a man full of rage at the betrayal done to him, and yet he also would not touch a hair on Saul's head, and he wouldn't allow his men to harm him either, through he could have killed Saul on a number of occasions.

It all makes sense when you consider that Psalm 109, like many Psalms, is more than poetry, more than a musical composition - it is actually a prayer. It broke David's heart that he could HELP Saul (and the nation Israel) so much, and yet Saul, out of jealousy, hated him in response.

Saul's son, Jonathan, was about the same age as David, and the two young men were sincerely the best of friends. I am struck by the stark contrast between the friendship, the love of these "boys" and the hatred of Jonathan's father, Saul. David personally knew the emotions of betrayal, but instead of acting on them in return, he took these feelings to the Lord.

Instead of killing Saul, which he could have done many times, he told God how he felt. No embellishment, no pretense - "Let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children continually be vagabonds and beg; let them see their bread

ThiefOfHearts:

Recently a friend of mine was venting to me about her terrible boss and she mentioned that she's tired to the point she wouldnt mind using onef of the cursing psalms on her head. I had no idea what she was talking about as the Psalms I know of are mainly of mercy, protection, thanksgiving, good luck etc so I rsearched cursing psalms and came across Psalm 109, 60 and 137. 109 being the worst one

Why exactly is this in the Bible? It's so drenched with hate, it's unbelivable. I cant even read it all the way thru, I feel like Im bring evil into my soul. Then again Im sure it's probably a fav one amongst Nigerians since they love wishing people to be brought down as evidently shown in various Naija churches where the "Pray for your enemies" is ignored and "wish fire to devour their heads, etc" is chanted instead.

I cant possibly be the only one who finds this Psalm disturbing, right? Bible about love, turning the cheek, forgiveness shouldnt have words like Psalm 109

what says you people of NL?

ThiefOfHearts:

Recently a friend of mine was venting to me about her terrible boss and she mentioned that she's tired to the point she wouldnt mind using onef of the cursing psalms on her head. I had no idea what she was talking about as the Psalms I know of are mainly of mercy, protection, thanksgiving, good luck etc so I rsearched cursing psalms and came across Psalm 109, 60 and 137. 109 being the worst one

Why exactly is this in the Bible? It's so drenched with hate, it's unbelivable. I cant even read it all the way thru, I feel like Im bring evil into my soul. Then again Im sure it's probably a fav one amongst Nigerians since they love wishing people to be brought down as evidently shown in various Naija churches where the "Pray for your enemies" is ignored and "wish fire to devour their heads, etc" is chanted instead.

I cant possibly be the only one who finds this Psalm disturbing, right? Bible about love, turning the cheek, forgiveness shouldnt have words like Psalm 109

what says you people of NL?

Googler:

In my opinion, Psalm 109 is a vile piece set in verse.

Googler:

That psalm was written by the MFM wing of the ancient world. Fact.

Sam xiu lee:

@toba that was a brilliant explanation for the poster,the bible is a book about humans,so you are to find all human activities in it .

Image123:

Psalm 109 is a messianic psalm. i.e it's talking about Jesus Christ. It's actually a prayer made by Jesus Christ, not David. If you don't understand it, keep shut, face front
, go look for another chapter, instead of heaping damnation on yourself.
"Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue." (Proverbs 17:28).

freecocoa:

Op the bible said"suffer not a witch to live"its not as if someone would just wake up and start using that chapter on anyone,its for the wicked,abeg anyone that doesn't want my peace will not know peace,if anyone has to die for me to become what God has designed then I'll gladly pick up a shovel and start digging the person's grave. Thank you for the chapter sef,I don too use psalm 137,its time to change to psalm 109.

netotse:

@TOH
do you have any idea what proverbs 26:2 says? some people can curse all day and it wont mean a thing, but on the other hand. . .

for me, that psalm was David being real, he felt the emotions and expressed it, some of us feel worse emotions(and even act on them sef) It's not until you've cursed the living daylights out of someone that you've done something wrong/vile you know. . .that said, I dont subscribe to that school of thoughts o, I prefer to leave the cursing to others, people can bring down curses on themselves without anyone having to utter a word (Zech 5:3-4)

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.


all the enemy is here to do is to kill and to destroy

Because that he remembered not to show mercy

Gombs:

"Psalm 109: Why Is It In The Bible?", Em OP, i just wanted to ask what you stand to achieve by this thread?

the essence of what Jesus himself taught, is to love your neighbour as yourself.