I haven't been to church since I don't remember when
Things were going great til they fell apart again
So I listened to the preacher as he told me what to do
He said you can't go hatin' others who have done wrong to you
Sometimes we get angry but we must not condemn
Let the good Lord do his job, you just pray for them
I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill
I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill
And knocks you in the head like I'd like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know wherever you are, honey, I pray for you
I'm really glad I found my way to church
Cause I'm already feelin' better and I thank God for the words
Yeah, I'm gonna take the high road and do what the preacher told me to do
You keep messin' up, and I'll keep prayin' for you
I pray your tire goes out at 110
I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend
And wake up with his and her tattoos
I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill
I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill
And knocks you in the head like I'd like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know wherever you are, near or far
In your house or in your car
Wherever you are, honey, I pray for you
I pray for you
The Fine Line between Justice and Revenge
There is a very fine line between (1) a desire for justice to prevail over unrighteousness and (2) a personalization of that unrighteousness. It's easy to say, "Hate the sin, love the sinner," but this is easier said than done. If we are not careful -- and empowered by God's Spirit -- we very easily begin to hate both the sin and the sinner, especially if the sinner is intent on destroying us.
http://www.jesuswalk.com/psalms/psalms-imprecatory.htm
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Imprecatory Psalms are those those psalms that contain curses or prayers for the punishment of the psalmist's enemies. To imprecate means to invoke evil upon, or curse. Psalms 7, 35, 55, 58, 59, 69, 79, 109, 137 and 139 all contain prayers for God's judgment on the psalmist's enemies. Example imprecatory statements from the Psalms follow:
Psalm 55:15 - Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave.
Psalm 58:6 - O God, break the teeth in their mouths.
Psalm 69:28 - May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
Psalm 109:9 - May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Psalm 137:9 - How blessed will be the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
http://www.theopedia.com/Imprecatory_Psalms
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This is tricky stuff. Before we condemn David and the other psalmists to harshly, let's examine our own hearts, too. We may be a bit more sophisticated about our unforgiveness, but so long as we hold unforgiveness towards our persecutors, we too stand under the same judgment that we would render towards the psalmists. - Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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