Psalms 141:5-10 CEV

My prayers condemn the deeds of those who do wrong, 

so don't let me be friends with any of them.

Everyone will admit that I was right when their rulers are thrown down a rocky cliff,

and their bones lie scattered like crushed rocks on top of a grave. 

You are my Lord and God, 

and I look to you for safety. 

Don't let me be harmed.

Protect me from the traps of those violent people, and make them fall into their own traps while you help me escape.

Psalms 141:5-10 CEV

Some of what David writes really makes you worry about him...this protect me from violent people by bringing violence into their lives?

I've had some wild thoughts at times, and I guess this is David writing his down, showing us what it's like to be human, especially when we're under pressure, wanting things put right, wanting justice.

We get the benefit of being further along in the Big Story than David, knowing what Jesus stood for, that the Kingdom is here, and it's on its way. 

That one day all will be made new, somehow there will be justice, and we will be OK.

In the meantime David's song sitting here in the middle of our Bible reminds us that it's OK to be frustrated, to be hurt by the places we find ourselves, and to express what's going on for us...

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