More On Enemies...
Psalm 109 This Psalm is quite an expression of David’s pain! Here we see that his enemies are at full force and openly cursing him. No longer are they quietly, subversively speaking against him, but now they’ve moved into the open speaking words of hate. Psalm 109:2-5, “For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.” This Psalm and Kidner’s commentary that I used shed light on the question of our enemies. How do we define them? And more importantly, how are we to treat them? We see in the above verses how David defined these enemies. They “spoke against him with deceitful mouths and lying tongues.” They encircled him with “words of hate.” But I think the more important phrases follow. They “attacked without cause” and “in return fo