I recover everything I have lost through the pronouncements and power of foundational wicked voices, in the name of Jesus. (7) It is perhaps incorrect to refer to any psalm as an imprecatory psalm for the simple reason that while imprecation is a part of the psalm, it is not the whole of it. What I want to stress is how seldom the sin of backbiting is included in those lists. Verses 8 and 9 petition God to shorten the life of Davids enemy. October 2015 Dear Father, I seek Your protection from the wickedness of the evil one. It takes serious deliverance to silence wicked voices from ones foundation. a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family. Who Is God Voices from my foundation saying my marriage, career, business, children, family, etc., Will not know peace, are you my God? May 2020 Prayer And Praise His knees are weak from fasting and his body is lean. Our greatest problem with imprecatory psalms is that the psalmist takes sin much more seriously than we do. They accuse him, but he prays (for them, it would seem, v. 4).186 The underlying assumption is that David is suffering, not for his sin, but for righteousness sake: Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; dishonor has covered my face. Who Is Jesus Then the kings wrath subsided. Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.". Ps. 10:35). I disarm any power that has made a covenant with the ground, water and wind about me in the name of Jesus. "For now indeed I find Thy pow'r and Thine alone, Can change the leper's spots And melt the heart of stone." Lord may our cause leaders to call out for cleansing and have melted hearts to follow . 21:7), Shimei (2 Sam. The Response to Justice (58:10-11) A. I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. 109:5) and treat them with kindness (as David did to Saul, Shimei, and the rest of his enemies). Saul also received much for which David prayed. (Romans 8:26,27) I pray for the spiritual gift of discernment. Evil and Wicked Elders make evil plan against God people, we need weapon of spiritual warfare to fight all wicked elder. Let us learn from this psalm that the most severe judgment is called down (and rightly so) upon the sin of character-assassination. Then if he or she wont accept the churchs decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector. read more. In the name of Jesus, cast down and demolish every wicked powers of my lineage. Level it to the ground!. 24 My knees are weak from fasting; And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. Sin is worse that we thought. Behind the scenes they were engaged in harmful activity. They have engaged in character-assassination. Imprecations are effective only when we see sin as God does and when we ask Him to deal with sin as He has promised to deal with it in His Word. They turned their faces away from the LORDs dwelling place and turned their backs on him.. 28:9; Isa. Repeat simple prayer points against evil plans audibly or in your mind when you sense the enemies at work. For zeal for Thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach Thee have fallen on me (Ps. When the righteous increase, the people rejoice. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. If he has sinned, David asks God to deal with him accordingly: O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, if I have rewarded evil to my friend, or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; and let him trample my life down to the ground, and lay my glory in the dust (Ps. I believe that David responded as he did to his enemies because he was a man after Gods own heart. Our problem is that we look at sin and sinners more from a human viewpoint than from the divine. 1:15). E219: A Prayer Against Wicked Leaders (Live From Cigars & Sermons) Psalms of War: Prayers That Literally Kick Ass is a collection, from the book of Psalms, regarding how David rolled in prayer. 14:18; Ps. 5:9). For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be . Imprecations such as those found in Psalm 109 have caused some Christians to question the value of the imprecatory prayers of the Bible for New Testament believers: It is surely a debatable question as to whether the church should retain the whole Psalter in its worship, including these troublesome passages, or whether the Psalter should be censored at those points which seem to be inconsistent with Gods revelation in Jesus Christ. Satanic foundational voices calling my name in the coven every night, run mad and die now in the name of Jesus. Prov. But may they be overthrown before Thee; deal with them in the time of Thine anger! 5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good, And hatred for my love. As Paul put it, let us consider the goodness and the severity of God (Rom. I bet you haven't heard these read, prayed, or sung in church against our formidable enemies and therein lies the Church . 3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. Let us not be quick to criticize those who have tasted the kind of opposition and oppression which David did. Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest. Lord God, you are the Builder of all things. May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow. Zec. He asks simply that God return on the wicked what they meted out to others, and what they therefore deserve. Quote Bible verses to destroy evil plans of the enemies, especially after having a bad dream. October 2018 Oh God, let the mercy upon the wicked expire and let them run out of grace in Jesus name. It is easy for those who have not lived through the hellish experiences of saints who have suffered greatly for their faith to be critical of such imprecations. 107:39-43). (James 1:17, KJV) 2. The requirements are rigorous for those who would thus pray. David is innocent, yet his enemies have accused him of wrong-doing. Wicked voices, you are all liars. 45 is corrupt selfish, greedy wicked and ruthless. I have become estranged from my brothers, and an alien to my mothers sons. By giving up vengeance we free ourselves to love and to forgive in a way that we cannot produce in and of ourselves. Psalm 109 is very troubling to most because it is perhaps the strongest imprecatory183 psalm in the psalter. While these are pleas for vengeance, justice, and equity the one praying doesnt then go out and carry it out themselves. Peter pronounced sentence on Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). B. 22:22-24). ); others are general professions of purity of purpose and single-hearted devotion to God (xvii. 4.5 Prayer to keep evil person away. Imprecations are prayers for the punishment of the wicked. My friend, the beautiful message of the Gospel is that the vengeance for which the psalmist prayed need not fall upon you. Best to just pray for the leaders and trust that the prayer is heard. I personally believe that the final step of church discipline involves turning the sinner over to Satan (under Gods sovereign control, cf. B. Pray for God to remove corrupt leaders (58:7-9). Protect me, O Lord, from the craftiness of the enemy, and save . (Psalm 91) May no weapon formed against it prosper. Incidentally, the Israelites did not seem to think Gods principles and promises were unreasonable when it came to national blessings, nor when the curses were directed toward their enemies. This blog is not associated with Pray Tell: An open forum on faith in South Texas. According to Perowne, there are no less than 30 anathemas pronounced upon Davids enemies in this one psalm.184 David not only seeks the punishment of his enemy but also the painful consequences brought on his family: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Some have suggested that the person singled out in these verses is the leader of Davids opposition.193. July 2015 My Father, shoot your mighty arrow to wound the wicked man or woman assigned against me in Jesus name. esp. Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. July 2017 Let us look first to the God to whom these prayers were addressed and His Spirit who inspired them, and then to the text itself for His message to us. . Uncategorized; Tags . Lord God, you granted us the gift of life and sent your son Jesus Christ to watch over us. Imprecations, as we shall later point out, are also to be found in the New Testament. As I was singing the second verse to "Jesus Paid it All" this morning the words jumped out at me to use in prayer against wicked leaders. Preserve me from all peril, of the contrariness and traps of demons. God's Will 4.6 Prayer to keep evil away from my home. 6:17,21). Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. June 13, 2014 Priscilla Van Sutphin. Lord, uproot and bulldoze the powers of the wicked from my destiny in Jesus name. 11:22). Verses 26-29 appeal to God for help on the basis of Gods lovingkindness (v.26) and the fact that the deliverance of David will prove that Gods hand is on him to bless him, not to punish him (vv. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones against the rock (Ps. Luke 19:41-44, esp. Cp. It is true, I suspect, that Perowne is correct when he writes, In the awfulness of its anathemas, the Psalm [109] surpasses everything of the kind in the Old Testament.196 Because of its fierceness, some scholars such as Kittel have gone so far as to speak of this psalm as containing utterly repulsive maledictions inspired by the wildest form of vengeance, which make this one of the most questionable hymns of cursing.197 Kittel therefore ascribes all of the psalm to carnal passion that is utterly inexcusable.198. Now America is speeding down the same dark road. The prophet Jeremiah spoke stinging words of imprecation which parallel the prayers of David and others in the psalms: Do give heed to me, O Lord, and listen to what my opponents are saying! David appeals to God, the object of his praise and adoration, to come to his rescue and to punish his wicked opponents. .. Now, Lord our God, deliver us from His hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, Lord, are God." (2 Kings 18:9 up to chapter 19, see his prayer .